diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_v1.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_v1.py
index 6d7dc8bb5..348ffd7a3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_v1.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_v1.py
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ def status(rpc: RPC = Depends(get_rpc)):
 def trades(
     limit: int = Query(500, ge=1, description="Maximum number of different trades to return data"),
     offset: int = Query(0, ge=0, description="Number of trades to skip for pagination"),
-    order_by_id: bool = Query(True, description="Sort trades by id (default: True). If False, sorts by latest timestamp"),
+    order_by_id: bool = Query(
+        True, description="Sort trades by id (default: True). If False, sorts by latest timestamp"
+    ),
     rpc: RPC = Depends(get_rpc),
 ):
     return rpc._rpc_trade_history(limit, offset=offset, order_by_id=order_by_id)
diff --git a/ft_client/test_client/test_rest_client.py b/ft_client/test_client/test_rest_client.py
index c1af6ded2..9d5e484aa 100644
--- a/ft_client/test_client/test_rest_client.py
+++ b/ft_client/test_client/test_rest_client.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def test_FtRestClient_call_invalid(caplog):
         ("trades", [], {}),
         ("trades", [5], {}),
         ("trades", [5, 5], {}),  # With offset
+        ("trades", [5, 5, True], {}),  # Explicit order_by_id=True
+        ("trades", [5, 5, False], {}),  # order_by_id=False
         ("trade", [1], {}),
         ("delete_trade", [1], {}),
         ("cancel_open_order", [1], {}),
@@ -127,6 +129,10 @@ def test_FtRestClient_call_invalid(caplog):
         ("pair_candles", ["XRP/USDT", "5m", 500], {"columns": ["close_time,close"]}),
         ("pair_history", ["XRP/USDT", "5m", "SampleStrategy"], {}),
         ("pair_history", ["XRP/USDT", "5m"], {"strategy": "SampleStrategy"}),
+        ("trades", [], {"order_by_id": True}),
+        ("trades", [], {"order_by_id": False}),
+        ("trades", [5], {"order_by_id": False}),
+        ("trades", [5, 5], {"order_by_id": True}),
         ("sysinfo", [], {}),
         ("health", [], {}),
     ],