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Download futures open interest for research

Add contract-position data without placing orders and verify futures-pair syntax.

Goal

Obtain historical open-interest data for a selected contract and timeframe.

Confirm the exchange supports historical open-interest data and verify contract settlement notation. [download]
Run freqtrade download-data --exchange binance --pairs BTC/USDT:USDT --timeframes 1h --trading-mode futures --candle-types open_interest. [download]
Use list-data --show-timerange to inspect open-interest files/range and align timestamps with candles. [download]

Data exists for the intended contract, timeframe, and range, with timestamps alignable to candles.

If the exchange lacks a historical endpoint, record the gap and stop; never backfill history with current values.

Python 3.11+, Freqtrade installed, a pinned strategy, and a local user-data directory.

Use public market data and local history; treat every trading decision as research and never connect a live account.

Open-interest availability varies by exchange and market; download success does not prove correct strategy use.

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License: GPLv3