diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md index 041a47ba2..75aba6c73 100644 --- a/docs/backtesting.md +++ b/docs/backtesting.md @@ -72,24 +72,21 @@ The exported trades can be used for [further analysis](#further-backtest-result- freqtrade backtesting --export trades --export-filename=backtest_samplestrategy.json ``` -#### Running backtest with smaller testset +#### Running backtest with smaller testset by using timerange Use the `--timerange` argument to change how much of the testset you want to use. -Example: + +For example, running backtesting with the `--timerange=20190501-` option will use all available data starting with May 1st, 2019 from your inputdata. ```bash freqtrade backtesting --timerange=20190501- ``` -#### Advanced use of timerange - -For Example, running backtesting with the `--timerange=20190101-` option will use all available data starting with January 1st, 2019 from your inputdata. You can also specify particular dates or a range span indexed by start and stop. The full timerange specification: - - Use tickframes till 2018/01/31: `--timerange=-20180131` - Use tickframes since 2018/01/31: `--timerange=20180131-` - Use tickframes since 2018/01/31 till 2018/03/01 : `--timerange=20180131-20180301`