Can I backtest a FreqTrade strategy online without installing Docker or FreqTrade?

Yes. Backpulse runs your FreqTrade IStrategy through a managed engine in the cloud — no server to set up, no Docker, no deployment, no local FreqTrade installation. Paste your strategy and get results in seconds.

What is the difference between backtesting on Backpulse and FreqTrade's built-in backtester?

FreqTrade's built-in backtester requires a local Python environment, Docker, a server, data downloads and CLI commands. Backpulse runs the same IStrategy in the cloud with zero setup — no server, no Docker, no deployment. Paste your strategy and get a visual tearsheet in seconds.

What FreqTrade strategy format does Backpulse support?

Backpulse supports FreqTrade's IStrategy format. Your class must inherit from IStrategy and implement populate_indicators, populate_entry_trend and populate_exit_trend. Supports pandas_ta, TA-Lib, and can_short for short strategies.

What market data does the FreqTrade backtester use?

Backpulse fetches OHLCV candlestick data from Binance Futures (perpetual swaps). Data is available from 2019 onward across timeframes from 1 minute to 1 week.

Is FreqTrade backtesting on Backpulse free?

Yes — the FreqTrade backtest tool is available on the free tier. Pro and Scale plans unlock longer date ranges, more parallel jobs and priority queue access.

What performance metrics does Backpulse show after a FreqTrade backtest?

Backpulse returns a full tearsheet including: equity curve, underwater drawdown chart, monthly return heatmap, Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, CAGR, max drawdown, win rate, average trade duration, profit factor and more.

Backtest

Freqtrade Strategy Backtest

BETA

Paste your IStrategy — freqrunner runs it in an isolated Docker container on real Binance data and returns a full performance dashboard.

How to use

Choose mode

Pick the strategy type that matches your code

Write code

Paste or write your Python strategy in the editor below

Configure

Set the trading pair, timeframe, capital and size

Run & see results

Hit Run Backtest — the performance dashboard loads instantly

Write a class inheriting IStrategy following the Freqtrade structure. Define populate_entry_trend and populate_exit_trend to generate signals. Supports pandas_ta, ta-lib, and can_short.

Class must inherit IStrategypopulate_entry_trend → enter_long / enter_short columnspopulate_exit_trend → exit_long / exit_short columns

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Strategy code

strategy.pypython

from freqtrade.strategy import IStrategy
from pandas import DataFrame
import talib.abstract as ta

class MyStrategy(IStrategy):

    timeframe = '15m'

    # set the initial stoploss to -10%
    stoploss = -0.10

    # exit profitable positions at any time when the profit is greater than 1%
    minimal_roi = {"0": 0.01}

    def populate_indicators(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
        # generate values for technical analysis indicators
        dataframe['rsi'] = ta.RSI(dataframe, timeperiod=14)

        return dataframe

    def populate_entry_trend(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
        # generate entry signals based on indicator values
        dataframe.loc[
            (dataframe['rsi'] < 30),
            'enter_long'] = 1

        return dataframe

    def populate_exit_trend(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
        # generate exit signals based on indicator values
        dataframe.loc[
            (dataframe['rsi'] > 70),
            'exit_long'] = 1

        return dataframe

from freqtrade.strategy import IStrategy
from pandas import DataFrame
import talib.abstract as ta

class MyStrategy(IStrategy):

    timeframe = '15m'

    # set the initial stoploss to -10%
    stoploss = -0.10

    # exit profitable positions at any time when the profit is greater than 1%
    minimal_roi = {"0": 0.01}

    def populate_indicators(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
        # generate values for technical analysis indicators
        dataframe['rsi'] = ta.RSI(dataframe, timeperiod=14)

        return dataframe

    def populate_entry_trend(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
        # generate entry signals based on indicator values
        dataframe.loc[
            (dataframe['rsi'] < 30),
            'enter_long'] = 1

        return dataframe

    def populate_exit_trend(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
        # generate exit signals based on indicator values
        dataframe.loc[
            (dataframe['rsi'] > 70),
            'exit_long'] = 1

        return dataframe

config.json — auto-synced from config

config.jsonjson

{
    "max_open_trades": 10,
    "stake_currency": "USDT",
    "stake_amount": 1000,
    "tradable_balance_ratio": 0.99,
    "timeframe": "1h",
    "trading_mode": "futures",
    "margin_mode": "isolated",
    "cancel_open_orders_on_exit": false,
    "minimal_roi": {
        "0": 0.1
    },
    "stoploss": -0.10,
    "trailing_stop": false,
    "trailing_stop_positive": 0.02,
    "trailing_stop_positive_offset": 0.04,
    "trailing_only_offset_is_reached": false,
    "unfilledtimeout": {
        "entry": 10,
        "exit": 10,
        "exit_timeout_count": 0,
        "unit": "minutes"
    },
    "entry_pricing": {
        "price_side": "same",
        "use_order_book": true,
        "order_book_top": 1,
        "price_last_balance": 0.0
    },
    "exit_pricing": {
        "price_side": "same",
        "use_order_book": true,
        "order_book_top": 1
    },
    "exchange": {
        "name": "binance",
        "pair_whitelist": [
            "BTC/USDT:USDT"
        ],
        "pair_blacklist": [
            "BNB/.*"
        ]
    },
    "pairlists": [
        {"method": "StaticPairList"}
    ]
}

{
    "max_open_trades": 10,
    "stake_currency": "USDT",
    "stake_amount": 1000,
    "tradable_balance_ratio": 0.99,
    "timeframe": "1h",
    "trading_mode": "futures",
    "margin_mode": "isolated",
    "cancel_open_orders_on_exit": false,
    "minimal_roi": {
        "0": 0.1
    },
    "stoploss": -0.10,
    "trailing_stop": false,
    "trailing_stop_positive": 0.02,
    "trailing_stop_positive_offset": 0.04,
    "trailing_only_offset_is_reached": false,
    "unfilledtimeout": {
        "entry": 10,
        "exit": 10,
        "exit_timeout_count": 0,
        "unit": "minutes"
    },
    "entry_pricing": {
        "price_side": "same",
        "use_order_book": true,
        "order_book_top": 1,
        "price_last_balance": 0.0
    },
    "exit_pricing": {
        "price_side": "same",
        "use_order_book": true,
        "order_book_top": 1
    },
    "exchange": {
        "name": "binance",
        "pair_whitelist": [
            "BTC/USDT:USDT"
        ],
        "pair_blacklist": [
            "BNB/.*"
        ]
    },
    "pairlists": [
        {"method": "StaticPairList"}
    ]
}

Backtest config

Exchange