Add short explanation of where exchange files are

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Most exchanges supported by CCXT should work out of the box.
If you need to implement a specific exchange class, these are found in the `freqtrade/exchange` source folder.
We recommend looking at existing exchange implementations to get an idea of what might be required.
Implementing an exchange can be a lot of trial and error, so please bear this in mind.
To quickly test the public endpoints of an exchange, add a configuration for your exchange to `tests/exchange_online/conftest.py` and run these tests with `pytest --longrun tests/exchange_online/test_ccxt_compat.py`.
Completing these tests successfully a good basis point (it's a requirement, actually), however these won't guarantee correct exchange functioning, as this only tests public endpoints, but no private endpoint (like generate order or similar).