From 624be0c469c0f06fab999412d37e3794acd51bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <xmatthias@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:10:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add calmar_from_balance

---
 freqtrade/data/metrics.py  | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 tests/data/test_metrics.py | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/freqtrade/data/metrics.py b/freqtrade/data/metrics.py
index 5aaf6fac2..4d66104ea 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/metrics.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/metrics.py
@@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ def calculate_calmar(
     starting_balance: float,
 ) -> float:
     """
-    Calculate calmar
+    Calculate calmar from trades data.
     :param trades: DataFrame containing trades (requires columns close_date and profit_abs)
     :return: calmar
     """
     if (len(trades) == 0) or (min_date is None) or (max_date is None) or (min_date == max_date):
-        return 0
+        return 0.0
 
     total_profit = trades["profit_abs"].sum() / starting_balance
     days_period = max(1, (max_date - min_date).days)
@@ -558,7 +558,49 @@ def calculate_calmar(
         )
         max_drawdown = drawdown.relative_account_drawdown
     except ValueError:
-        max_drawdown = 0
+        return 0.0
+
+    return _calculate_annualized_ratio(expected_returns_mean, max_drawdown)
+
+
+def calculate_calmar_from_balance(
+    balance_history: pd.DataFrame,
+    date_col: str = "date",
+    balance_col: str = "total_quote",
+) -> float:
+    """
+    Calculate calmar ratio from historical balance snapshots.
+
+    :param balance_history: DataFrame containing at least date and balance columns
+    :param date_col: Column containing timestamps
+    :param balance_col: Column containing historical balance values
+    :return: calmar
+    """
+    wallet = _prepare_balance_history(
+        balance_history=balance_history,
+        date_col=date_col,
+        balance_col=balance_col,
+    )
+
+    if len(wallet) < 2:
+        return 0.0
+
+    starting_balance = float(wallet[balance_col].iloc[0])
+    final_balance = float(wallet[balance_col].iloc[-1])
+    days_period = max(1, (wallet[date_col].iloc[-1] - wallet[date_col].iloc[0]).days)
+
+    total_profit = (final_balance - starting_balance) / starting_balance
+    expected_returns_mean = total_profit / days_period * 100
+
+    try:
+        drawdown = calculate_max_drawdown_from_balance(
+            wallet,
+            date_col=date_col,
+            balance_col=balance_col,
+        )
+        max_drawdown = drawdown.relative_account_drawdown
+    except ValueError:
+        return 0.0
 
     return _calculate_annualized_ratio(expected_returns_mean, max_drawdown)
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test_metrics.py b/tests/data/test_metrics.py
index 610cbd8ee..242700eef 100644
--- a/tests/data/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/data/test_metrics.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from freqtrade.data.history import load_data, load_pair_history
 from freqtrade.data.metrics import (
     calculate_cagr,
     calculate_calmar,
+    calculate_calmar_from_balance,
     calculate_csum,
     calculate_expectancy,
     calculate_market_change,
@@ -366,6 +367,45 @@ def test_calculate_calmar(testdatadir):
     assert pytest.approx(calmar) == 559.040508
 
 
+def test_calculate_calmar_from_balance():
+    balance_history = DataFrame(
+        {
+            "date": to_datetime(
+                [
+                    "2025-01-01 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-01 12:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-01 18:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-04 00:00:00+00:00",
+                ],
+                utc=True,
+            ),
+            "total_quote": [100.0, 120.0, 80.0, 110.0],
+        }
+    )
+
+    calmar = calculate_calmar_from_balance(balance_history)
+    expected_returns_mean = ((110.0 - 100.0) / 100.0) / 3 * 100
+    expected_calmar = expected_returns_mean / (1 / 3) * np.sqrt(365)
+
+    assert isinstance(calmar, float)
+    assert pytest.approx(calmar) == expected_calmar
+
+
+def test_calculate_calmar_from_balance_empty_or_flat():
+    assert calculate_calmar_from_balance(DataFrame()) == 0.0
+
+    flat_balance_history = DataFrame(
+        {
+            "date": to_datetime(
+                ["2025-01-01 00:00:00+00:00", "2025-01-02 00:00:00+00:00"],
+                utc=True,
+            ),
+            "total_quote": [100.0, 100.0],
+        }
+    )
+    assert calculate_calmar_from_balance(flat_balance_history) == -100
+
+
 def test_calculate_sqn(testdatadir):
     filename = testdatadir / "backtest_results/backtest-result.json"
     bt_data = load_backtest_data(filename)