diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/candletype.py b/freqtrade/enums/candletype.py
index eb7ae50b8..dddabdb70 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/candletype.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/candletype.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class CandleType(str, Enum):
+class CandleType(StrEnum):
     """Enum to distinguish candle types"""
 
     SPOT = "spot"
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ class CandleType(str, Enum):
     FUNDING_RATE = "funding_rate"
     # BORROW_RATE = "borrow_rate"  # * unimplemented
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return f"{self.name.lower()}"
-
     @staticmethod
     def from_string(value: str) -> "CandleType":
         if not value:
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/marginmode.py b/freqtrade/enums/marginmode.py
index f1a4a3a17..69e99b2ea 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/marginmode.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/marginmode.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class MarginMode(str, Enum):
+class MarginMode(StrEnum):
     """
     Enum to distinguish between
     cross margin/futures margin_mode and
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ class MarginMode(str, Enum):
     CROSS = "cross"
     ISOLATED = "isolated"
     NONE = ""
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return f"{self.value.lower()}"
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/ordertypevalue.py b/freqtrade/enums/ordertypevalue.py
index 3a253166d..9727887a6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/ordertypevalue.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/ordertypevalue.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class OrderTypeValues(str, Enum):
+class OrderTypeValues(StrEnum):
     limit = "limit"
     market = "market"
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/pricetype.py b/freqtrade/enums/pricetype.py
index f2e3bef23..456c9daad 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/pricetype.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/pricetype.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class PriceType(str, Enum):
+class PriceType(StrEnum):
     """Enum to distinguish possible trigger prices for stoplosses"""
 
     LAST = "last"
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py b/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py
index 6fdd788e8..bf7019322 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/rpcmessagetype.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class RPCMessageType(str, Enum):
+class RPCMessageType(StrEnum):
     STATUS = "status"
     WARNING = "warning"
     EXCEPTION = "exception"
@@ -25,21 +25,16 @@ class RPCMessageType(str, Enum):
     NEW_CANDLE = "new_candle"
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return self.value
-
-    def __str__(self):
+        # TODO: do we still need to overwrite __repr__? Impact needs to be looked at in detail
         return self.value
 
 
 # Enum for parsing requests from ws consumers
-class RPCRequestType(str, Enum):
+class RPCRequestType(StrEnum):
     SUBSCRIBE = "subscribe"
 
     WHITELIST = "whitelist"
     ANALYZED_DF = "analyzed_df"
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.value
-
 
 NO_ECHO_MESSAGES = (RPCMessageType.ANALYZED_DF, RPCMessageType.WHITELIST, RPCMessageType.NEW_CANDLE)
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py b/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py
index f3316629a..ee0f97fb2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/runmode.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class RunMode(str, Enum):
+class RunMode(StrEnum):
     """
     Bot running mode (backtest, hyperopt, ...)
     can be "live", "dry-run", "backtest", "hyperopt".
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/signaltype.py b/freqtrade/enums/signaltype.py
index 267a37ab3..deafce2d7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/signaltype.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/signaltype.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import Enum, StrEnum
 
 
 class SignalType(Enum):
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ class SignalTagType(Enum):
         return f"{self.name.lower()}"
 
 
-class SignalDirection(str, Enum):
+class SignalDirection(StrEnum):
     LONG = "long"
     SHORT = "short"
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return f"{self.name.lower()}"
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/tradingmode.py b/freqtrade/enums/tradingmode.py
index a681d60f9..7f025b033 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/tradingmode.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/tradingmode.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class TradingMode(str, Enum):
+class TradingMode(StrEnum):
     """
     Enum to distinguish between
     spot, margin, futures or any other trading method
@@ -10,6 +10,3 @@ class TradingMode(str, Enum):
     SPOT = "spot"
     MARGIN = "margin"
     FUTURES = "futures"
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return f"{self.name.lower()}"
diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/key_value_store.py b/freqtrade/persistence/key_value_store.py
index 0d5a97fa1..310e82b4b 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/key_value_store.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/key_value_store.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import ClassVar, Literal
 
 from sqlalchemy import String
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from freqtrade.persistence.base import ModelBase, SessionType
 ValueTypes = str | datetime | float | int
 
 
-class ValueTypesEnum(str, Enum):
+class ValueTypesEnum(StrEnum):
     STRING = "str"
     DATETIME = "datetime"
     FLOAT = "float"
diff --git a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/IPairList.py b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/IPairList.py
index 9cb5d7744..aa5f2c166 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/IPairList.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/IPairList.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PairList Handler base class
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from copy import deepcopy
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import Any, Literal, TypedDict
 
 from freqtrade.constants import Config
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ PairlistParameter = (
 )
 
 
-class SupportsBacktesting(str, Enum):
+class SupportsBacktesting(StrEnum):
     """
     Enum to indicate if a Pairlist Handler supports backtesting.
     """