Plotting Strategy Indicators and Backtest Trades in Freqtrade
Summary
This documentation describes Freqtrade’s plotting commands for viewing price candles, volume, strategy indicators, and trades from a database or backtest export. The dataframe plot can show price-scale indicators such as moving averages alongside separate panels for indicators such as MACD or RSI. Bollinger Bands are added when the relevant columns exist, while a strategy’s plot configuration can set colors, create subplots, and fill the area between indicator series. The profit plotting command can visualize results by pair, using trade data from a database or exported backtest file.
The page explains command options for pairs, timeframes, date ranges, plot limits, trade sources, and indicator placement, but it reports no trading performance or empirical findings. It explicitly marks these Plotly-based commands as deprecated and in maintenance mode, citing performance and usability problems; it recommends FreqUI for plotting instead. The commands may remain available, but the documentation warns that they could require removal if changes become necessary to keep them working.
Key ideas
- The dataframe plotting command combines candlesticks, volume, and selected strategy indicators.
- Indicators can be placed over prices or in separate panels according to their value scale.
- Strategy plot configuration can set colors, add subplots, and fill areas between series.
- Trade plots can draw on database records or exported backtest results.
- The Plotly commands are deprecated and may be removed; the documentation recommends FreqUI.
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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.