A first Freqtrade session, using the commands listed in the bot's own documentation:

A first Freqtrade session, using the commands listed in the bot's own documentation:

1. create-userdir sets up the working folder.

2. new-config creates a configuration file.

3. new-strategy generates a strategy template.

4. download-data fetches historical candles.

5. backtesting simulates the strategy on that data.

6. trade in dry-run mode runs it live without paying money.

Trade-off: each step is quick, but a strategy that looks good in backtests can still fail live.

Practical step: let dry-run run long enough to see different market conditions.