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Can I open short positions? ¶ No, Freqtrade does not support trading with margin / leverage, and cannot open short positions .

Backtesting is the general method for seeing how well a strategy or model would have done ex-post . Backtesting assesses the viability of a trading strategy by discovering how it would play out using historical data. If backtesting works, traders and analysts may have the confidence to employ it going forward.