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Update documentation with test-pairlist

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@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ Now you have good Buy and Sell strategies and some historic data, you want to te
real data. This is what we call
[backtesting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtesting).
Backtesting will use the crypto-currencies (pairs) from your config file
and load ticker data from `user_data/data/<exchange>` by default.
If no data is available for the exchange / pair / ticker interval combination, backtesting will
ask you to download them first using `freqtrade download-data`.
Backtesting will use the crypto-currencies (pairs) from your config file and load ticker data from `user_data/data/<exchange>` by default.
If no data is available for the exchange / pair / ticker interval combination, backtesting will ask you to download them first using `freqtrade download-data`.
For details on downloading, please refer to the [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section in the documentation.
The result of backtesting will confirm if your bot has better odds of making a profit than a loss.
!!! Tip "Using dynamic pairlists for backtesting"
While using dynamic pairlists during backtesting is not possible, a dynamic pairlist using current data can be generated via the [`test-pairlist`](utils.md#test-pairlist) command, and needs to be specified as `"pair_whitelist"` attribute in the configuration.
### Run a backtesting against the currencies listed in your config file
#### With 5 min tickers (Per default)