diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py b/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
index 33de428db..e4a864ea0 100755
--- a/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
@@ -692,20 +692,19 @@ AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS = {
     ),
     "minimum_trade_amount": Arg(
         '--minimum-trade-amount',
-        help='set INT minimum trade amount',
+        help='Minimum trade amount for lookahead-analysis',
         type=check_int_positive,
         metavar='INT',
     ),
     "targeted_trade_amount": Arg(
         '--targeted-trade-amount',
-        help='set INT targeted trade amount',
+        help='Targeted trade amount for lookahead analysis',
         type=check_int_positive,
         metavar='INT',
     ),
     "lookahead_analysis_exportfilename": Arg(
         '--lookahead-analysis-exportfilename',
         help="Use this filename to store lookahead-analysis-results",
-        default=None,
         type=str
     ),
 }
diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/optimize_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/optimize_commands.py
index 866bf8e61..d5d4a0625 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/optimize_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/optimize_commands.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def start_lookahead_analysis(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     if lookaheadAnalysis_instances:
         LookaheadAnalysisSubFunctions.text_table_lookahead_analysis_instances(
             lookaheadAnalysis_instances)
-        if config['lookahead_analysis_exportfilename'] is not None:
+        if config.get('lookahead_analysis_exportfilename') is not None:
             LookaheadAnalysisSubFunctions.export_to_csv(config, lookaheadAnalysis_instances)
     else:
         logger.error("There were no strategies specified neither through "
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
index c763d791a..5bbbf301d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
@@ -479,6 +479,19 @@ class Configuration:
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='analysis_csv_path',
                              logstring='Path to store analysis CSVs: {}')
 
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='analysis_csv_path',
+                             logstring='Path to store analysis CSVs: {}')
+
+        # Lookahead analysis results
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='targeted_trade_amount',
+                             logstring='Targeted Trade amount: {}')
+
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='minimum_trade_amount',
+                             logstring='Minimum Trade amount: {}')
+
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='lookahead_analysis_exportfilename',
+                             logstring='Path to store lookahead-analysis-results: {}')
+
     def _process_runmode(self, config: Config) -> None:
 
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='dry_run',
diff --git a/freqtrade/constants.py b/freqtrade/constants.py
index ef59d8999..30484e560 100644
--- a/freqtrade/constants.py
+++ b/freqtrade/constants.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
         'reduce_df_footprint': {'type': 'boolean', 'default': False},
         'minimum_trade_amount': {'type': 'number', 'default': 10},
         'targeted_trade_amount': {'type': 'number', 'default': 20},
+        'lookahead_analysis_exportfilename': {'type': 'string'},
         'liquidation_buffer': {'type': 'number', 'minimum': 0.0, 'maximum': 0.99},
         'backtest_breakdown': {
             'type': 'array',