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To make a custom exchange.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install -y python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev python3-pandas git curl
git clone https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade.git
cd freqtrade
python -m .venv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
deactivate
./setup.sh -i
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source .venv/bin/activate
freqtrade create-userdir --userdir user_data
freqtrade new-config --config user_data/crypto_config.json
freqtrade new-config --config user_data/stocks_config.json
freqtrade new-config --config user_data/forex_config.json
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{
    "max_open_trades": 100, 
    "stake_currency": "USDT",
    "stake_amount": 1000,
    "dry_run": true,
    "dry_run_wallet": 100000,
    "cache": "none", //avoid lookahead bias
    "enable_protections": false, //avoid lookahead bias
    "exit_pricing":{
        "price_side": "other"
    },
    "entry_pricing": {
        "price_side": "other"
    },
    "exchange": {
        "name": "stocks",
        "key": "",
        "secret": "",
        "pair_whitelist": [
                                "TSLA/USDT",
                                "AAPL/USDT",
                                "MSFT/USDT"
        ],
        "pair_blacklist": []
    },
    "pairlists": [
            {
            "method": "StaticPairList",
            "pairs": [
                                "TSLA/USDT",
                                "AAPL/USDT",
                                "MSFT/USDT"
            ]
            }
    ]
}
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Forex (extract)

    "exchange": {
        "name": "forex",
        "key": "",
        "secret": "",
        "pair_whitelist": [
                                "EUR/USDT",
                                "AUD/USDT",
                                "GBP/USDT"
        ],
        "pair_blacklist": []
    },
    "pairlists": [
            {
            "method": "StaticPairList",
            "pairs": [
                                "EUR/USDT",
                                "AUD/USDT",
                                "GBP/USDT"
            ]
            }
    ],
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Run these commands to see the situation, find a freqtrade strategy and run it...

freqtrade backtesting -c user_data/stocks_config.json -s SMA --timerange=20240101-20240201
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and

freqtrade download-data --exchange stocks
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and

freqtrade download-data --config user_data/stocks_config.json --timeframes 1m --timerange 20240101-
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***freqtrade - ERROR - Exchange "stocks" is not known to the ccxt library and therefore not available for the bot.

There are three file to set this up.

from freqtrade.exchange import Exchange

class Custardtart(Exchange):
    def __init__(self, config, validate=True, exchange_config=None, load_leverage_tiers=False):

    @property
    def name(self):
        return "custardtart"
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from freqtrade.exchange.custardtart import Custardtart
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SUPPORTED_EXCHANGES = [
    "custardtart",
]
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from freqtrade.exchange.common import MAP_EXCHANGE_CHILDCLASS, SUPPORTED_EXCHANGES

....

    exchange = config.get("exchange", {}).get("name", "").lower()
    if not exchange:
        raise OperationalException(
            f"This command requires a configured exchange. You should either use "
            f"`--exchange <exchange_name>` or specify a configuration file via `--config`.\n"
            f"The following exchanges are available for Freqtrade: "
            f'{", ".join(available_exchanges())}'
        )

    if exchange in SUPPORTED_EXCHANGES:
        print("Custardtart exchange recognized")
        return True
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