From f04315fa8fa48d466395453dad11d9c4ef06698d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <xmatthias@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:42:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: gracefully handle custom stake returning string

closes #12421
---
 freqtrade/wallets.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/freqtrade/wallets.py b/freqtrade/wallets.py
index db14ec499..1630ac600 100644
--- a/freqtrade/wallets.py
+++ b/freqtrade/wallets.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class Wallets:
         max_stake_amount: float,
         trade_amount: float | None,
     ):
-        if not stake_amount:
+        if not stake_amount or isinstance(stake_amount, str) or stake_amount <= 0:
             self._local_log(
                 f"Stake amount is {stake_amount}, ignoring possible trade for {pair}.",
                 level="debug",