diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index dc17f6217..8bd9db9f6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class Exchange:
         self._api: ccxt.Exchange = None
         self._api_async: ccxt_async.Exchange = None
         self._markets: Dict = {}
+        self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
 
         self._config.update(config)
 
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ class Exchange:
         if (self._api_async and inspect.iscoroutinefunction(self._api_async.close)
                 and self._api_async.session):
             logger.info("Closing async ccxt session.")
-            asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(self._api_async.close())
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(self._api_async.close())
 
     def _init_ccxt(self, exchange_config: Dict[str, Any], ccxt_module: CcxtModuleType = ccxt,
                    ccxt_kwargs: Dict = {}) -> ccxt.Exchange:
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ class Exchange:
     def _load_async_markets(self, reload: bool = False) -> None:
         try:
             if self._api_async:
-                asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(
+                self.loop.run_until_complete(
                     self._api_async.load_markets(reload=reload))
 
         except (asyncio.TimeoutError, ccxt.BaseError) as e:
@@ -1229,7 +1231,7 @@ class Exchange:
         :param since_ms: Timestamp in milliseconds to get history from
         :return: List with candle (OHLCV) data
         """
-        pair, timeframe, data = asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(
+        pair, timeframe, data = self.loop.run_until_complete(
             self._async_get_historic_ohlcv(pair=pair, timeframe=timeframe,
                                            since_ms=since_ms, is_new_pair=is_new_pair))
         logger.info(f"Downloaded data for {pair} with length {len(data)}.")
@@ -1331,8 +1333,10 @@ class Exchange:
         results_df = {}
         # Chunk requests into batches of 100 to avoid overwelming ccxt Throttling
         for input_coro in chunks(input_coroutines, 100):
-            results = asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(
-                asyncio.gather(*input_coro, return_exceptions=True))
+            async def gather_stuff():
+                return await asyncio.gather(*input_coro, return_exceptions=True)
+
+            results = self.loop.run_until_complete(gather_stuff())
 
             # handle caching
             for res in results:
@@ -1568,7 +1572,7 @@ class Exchange:
         if not self.exchange_has("fetchTrades"):
             raise OperationalException("This exchange does not support downloading Trades.")
 
-        return asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(
+        return self.loop.run_until_complete(
             self._async_get_trade_history(pair=pair, since=since,
                                           until=until, from_id=from_id))
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
index 2c7cc0ea7..58da7d0d5 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ class Hyperopt:
         self.backtesting.exchange.close()
         self.backtesting.exchange._api = None  # type: ignore
         self.backtesting.exchange._api_async = None  # type: ignore
+        self.backtesting.exchange.loop = None  # type: ignore
         # self.backtesting.exchange = None  # type: ignore
         self.backtesting.pairlists = None  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py
index 79af659c7..a79c1a5fc 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/uvicorn_threaded.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class UvicornServer(uvicorn.Server):
         else:
             asyncio.set_event_loop(uvloop.new_event_loop())
         try:
-            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         except RuntimeError:
             # When running in a thread, we'll not have an eventloop yet.
             loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()