diff --git a/docs/strategy-advanced.md b/docs/strategy-advanced.md index b1fcb50fc..2431274d7 100644 --- a/docs/strategy-advanced.md +++ b/docs/strategy-advanced.md @@ -119,6 +119,35 @@ class AwesomeStrategy(IStrategy): return -0.15 ``` +#### Trailing stoploss with positive offset + +Use the initial stoploss until the profit is above 4%, then use a trailing stoploss of 50% of the current profit with a minimum of 2.5% and a maximum of 5%. + +Please note that the stoploss can only increase, values lower than the current stoploss are ignored. + +``` python +from datetime import datetime, timedelta +from freqtrade.persistence import Trade + +class AwesomeStrategy(IStrategy): + + # ... populate_* methods + + use_custom_stoploss = True + + def custom_stoploss(self, pair: str, trade: Trade, current_time: datetime, current_rate: float, + current_profit: float, **kwargs) -> float: + + if current_profit < 0.04: + return -1 # return a value bigger than the inital stoploss to keep using the inital stoploss + + # After reaching the desired offset, allow the stoploss to trail by half the profit + desired_stoploss = current_profit / 2 + + # Use a minimum of 2.5% and a maximum of 5% + return max(min(desired_stoploss, 0.05), 0.025) +``` + #### Absolute stoploss The below example sets absolute profit levels based on the current profit.