Recommended or custom setup

[Nefoto]

Hello,
I have been using this strategy for some time and wanted to ask whether a smaller 20 relevant pair static list with 4 max trades for example is a good choice than doing a volume pairlist since then a lot of bad coins pop up which lead to false entries, ex. coin pumped then dumped but is dead overall but because of the volume it shows up as a valid coin and after dump nostalgia recognises it as a valid entry but it goes dead and just bleeds after until stoploss. Whats is the devs opinion on this and is sticking to the recommended setup always the answer for best performance.
Thanks!

[iterativv]

Hello, no, better more slots and bigger list. Use volume list for now.

[cuccuma]

"number_assets": 40, ??

Sorry to jump in, but is 40 a good number for volume settings, or is it advisable to lower it?

"pairlists": [
{
"method": "VolumePairList",
"number_assets": 40,
"sort_key": "quoteVolume",
"min_value": 0,
"refresh_period": 1800
}

[Nefoto]

Thanks for the feedback! I would expect you have tested a lot of setups and trying to customize or optimize one aspect often breaks others so sticking to your recommendation is the way to go.

[cuccuma]

Sorry, but I’m just a user like you who jumped into the discussion, so I don’t know if the config I posted is any good; we should wait for a reply.

[iterativv]

Hi, 40 is too few. Better to go with 80 or more. Generally use the volume pairlist inb configs dir here.

[cuccuma]

Is it normal for me to experience a loss like this, or do I have something misconfigured in config.json?

this is my config.jeson

 "order_book_top": 1
},
"order_types": {
"entry": "limit",
"exit": "limit",
"stoploss": "market",
"stoploss_on_exchange": true,
"stoploss_on_exchange_interval": 60
},

or the strategy does not provide for this configuration stoploss": "market", "stoploss_on_exchange": true, ??

[iterativv]

Well, first thing, make sure you use the blacklist too from here. I also think I checked this, signals updated already on latest NFI.

[cuccuma]

Sorry, but 'EXPORTS ' isn't on the blacklist.

[cuccuma]

he strategy does not provide for this configuration stoploss": "market", "stoploss_on_exchange": true, ??

[iterativv]

No, don't set this. It will not work. ESPORTS is in blacklist.

[cuccuma]

Where can I find the blacklist? Could you please point it out to me?

[jeremykei]

Where can I find the blacklist? Could you please point it out to me?

https://github.com/iterativv/NostalgiaForInfinity/tree/main/configs/blacklist-<exchange_name>.json

[cuccuma]

2026-06-25 10:43:00 ERROR freqtrade.strategy.strategy_wrapper - Unexpected error KeyError('RSI_3_1d') calling <bound method IStrategy._analyze_ticker_internal of <NostalgiaForInfinityX7.NostalgiaForInfinityX7 object at 0x7f6ec8b51790>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ubuntu/freqtrade/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py", line 3641, in get_loc
return self._engine.get_loc(casted_key)

workaraund "startup_candle_count": 200,??? in config.json ??

[cuccuma]

I've had these happen to me too even though they're not blacklisted,

big losses that the strategy does not handle, but it must be eliminated stop_on_exchange ??

UB/USDT is not in blacklisti

[iterativv]

Once again: please remove stoploss on exchange. It's not how NFI works. UB is open now, recovered half and more already. H is blacklisted, yes.