Merge pull request freqtrade#11867 from freqtrade/maint/remove_edge

Remove Edge from Freqtrade

Author: xmatthias

README.md

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ Please find the complete documentation on the [freqtrade website](https://www.fr
 - [x] **Backtesting**: Run a simulation of your buy/sell strategy.
 - [x] **Strategy Optimization by machine learning**: Use machine learning to optimize your buy/sell strategy parameters with real exchange data.
 - [X] **Adaptive prediction modeling**: Build a smart strategy with FreqAI that self-trains to the market via adaptive machine learning methods. [Learn more](https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/freqai/)
-- [x] **Edge position sizing** Calculate your win rate, risk reward ratio, the best stoploss and adjust your position size before taking a position for each specific market. [Learn more](https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/edge/).
 - [x] **Whitelist crypto-currencies**: Select which crypto-currency you want to trade or use dynamic whitelists.
 - [x] **Blacklist crypto-currencies**: Select which crypto-currency you want to avoid.
 - [x] **Builtin WebUI**: Builtin web UI to manage your bot.
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ positional arguments:
     backtesting-show    Show past Backtest results
     backtesting-analysis
                         Backtest Analysis module.
-    edge                Edge module.
     hyperopt            Hyperopt module.
     hyperopt-list       List Hyperopt results
     hyperopt-show       Show details of Hyperopt results

build_helpers/schema.json

@@ -538,10 +538,6 @@
       "description": "Exchange configuration.",
       "$ref": "#/definitions/exchange"
     },
-    "edge": {
-      "description": "Edge configuration.",
-      "$ref": "#/definitions/edge"
-    },
     "log_config": {
       "description": "Logging configuration.",
       "$ref": "#/definitions/logging"
@@ -1259,52 +1255,6 @@
         "name"
       ]
     },
-    "edge": {
-      "type": "object",
-      "properties": {
-        "enabled": {
-          "type": "boolean"
-        },
-        "process_throttle_secs": {
-          "type": "integer",
-          "minimum": 600
-        },
-        "calculate_since_number_of_days": {
-          "type": "integer"
-        },
-        "allowed_risk": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "stoploss_range_min": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "stoploss_range_max": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "stoploss_range_step": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "minimum_winrate": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "minimum_expectancy": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "min_trade_number": {
-          "type": "number"
-        },
-        "max_trade_duration_minute": {
-          "type": "integer"
-        },
-        "remove_pumps": {
-          "type": "boolean"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "process_throttle_secs",
-        "allowed_risk"
-      ]
-    },
     "logging": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {

config_examples/config_full.example.json

@@ -121,20 +121,6 @@
         "outdated_offset": 5,
         "markets_refresh_interval": 60
     },
-    "edge": {
-        "enabled": false,
-        "process_throttle_secs": 3600,
-        "calculate_since_number_of_days": 7,
-        "allowed_risk": 0.01,
-        "stoploss_range_min": -0.01,
-        "stoploss_range_max": -0.1,
-        "stoploss_range_step": -0.01,
-        "minimum_winrate": 0.60,
-        "minimum_expectancy": 0.20,
-        "min_trade_number": 10,
-        "max_trade_duration_minute": 1440,
-        "remove_pumps": false
-    },
     "telegram": {
         "enabled": false,
         "token": "your_telegram_token",

docs/commands/edge.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ usage: freqtrade edge [-h] [-v] [--no-color] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH]
                       [--data-format-ohlcv {json,jsongz,feather,parquet}]
                       [--max-open-trades INT] [--stake-amount STAKE_AMOUNT]
                       [--fee FLOAT] [-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...]]
-                      [--stoplosses STOPLOSS_RANGE]
 
 options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@ options:
   -p PAIRS [PAIRS ...], --pairs PAIRS [PAIRS ...]
                         Limit command to these pairs. Pairs are space-
                         separated.
-  --stoplosses STOPLOSS_RANGE
-                        Defines a range of stoploss values against which edge
-                        will assess the strategy. The format is "min,max,step"
-                        (without any space). Example:
-                        `--stoplosses=-0.01,-0.1,-0.001`
 
 Common arguments:
   -v, --verbose         Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages).

docs/commands/main.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ positional arguments:
     backtesting-show    Show past Backtest results
     backtesting-analysis
                         Backtest Analysis module.
-    edge                Edge module.
+    edge                Edge module. No longer part of Freqtrade
     hyperopt            Hyperopt module.
     hyperopt-list       List Hyperopt results
     hyperopt-show       Show details of Hyperopt results

docs/configuration.md

@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ Mandatory parameters are marked as **Required**, which means that they are requi
 | `exchange.only_from_ccxt` | Prevent data-download from data.binance.vision. Leaving this as false can greatly speed up downloads, but may be problematic if the site is not available.<br>*Defaults to `false`*<br> **Datatype:** Boolean
 | `experimental.block_bad_exchanges` | Block exchanges known to not work with freqtrade. Leave on default unless you want to test if that exchange works now. <br>*Defaults to `true`.* <br> **Datatype:** Boolean
 | | **Plugins**
-| `edge.*` | Please refer to [edge configuration document](edge.md) for detailed explanation of all possible configuration options.
 | `pairlists` | Define one or more pairlists to be used. [More information](plugins.md#pairlists-and-pairlist-handlers). <br>*Defaults to `StaticPairList`.*  <br> **Datatype:** List of Dicts
 | | **Telegram**
 | `telegram.enabled` | Enable the usage of Telegram. <br> **Datatype:** Boolean

docs/deprecated.md

@@ -93,3 +93,8 @@ Please use the [`convert-data` subcommand](data-download.md#sub-command-convert-
 
 Configuring syslog and journald via `--logfile systemd` and `--logfile journald` respectively has been deprecated in 2025.3.
 Please use configuration based [log setup](advanced-setup.md#advanced-logging) instead.
+
+## Removal of the edge module
+
+The edge module has been deprecated in 2023.9 and removed in 2025.6.
+All functionalities of edge have been removed, and having edge configured will result in an error.