From 99799da07bd2afafc061d410f9fa72b0b0332d75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikhil Saraf <1028334+nikhilsaraf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:43:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] throw error on startup when FILL_TRACKER_SLEEP_MILLIS is not
 set but POSTGRES_DB is set (closes #370)

---
 cmd/trade.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/trade.go b/cmd/trade.go
index 355cbdd4c..115ebc0a6 100644
--- a/cmd/trade.go
+++ b/cmd/trade.go
@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@ func runTradeCmd(options inputs) {
 
 	var db *sql.DB
 	if botConfig.PostgresDbConfig != nil {
+		if botConfig.FillTrackerSleepMillis == 0 {
+			log.Println()
+			utils.PrintErrorHintf("FILL_TRACKER_SLEEP_MILLIS needs to be set in the trader.cfg file when the POSTGRES_DB is enabled so we can fetch trades to be saved in the db")
+			logger.Fatal(l, fmt.Errorf("invalid trader.cfg config, need to set FILL_TRACKER_SLEEP_MILLIS"))
+		}
+
 		var e error
 		db, e = database.ConnectInitializedDatabase(botConfig.PostgresDbConfig)
 		if e != nil {