function f_ccxt {
  
  # remove old result
  unset f_ccxt_result

  # lower case
  STOCK_EXCHANGE=${STOCK_EXCHANGE,,}

  if [ -s /dabo/.${STOCK_EXCHANGE}-secrets ]
  then
    . /dabo/.${STOCK_EXCHANGE}-secrets
  else
    g_echo_error "No secrets found (/dabo/.${STOCK_EXCHANGE}-secrets) found"
    return 1
  fi
  
  unset g_ccxt_jobs
  local g_ccxt_jobs
  mapfile -t g_ccxt_jobs < <(jobs -r)
  # Initialize ccxt in python if not initialized
  [[ ${g_ccxt_jobs[*]} != *python-pipeexec.py* ]] || unset f_ccxt_initialized
  if [ -z "$f_ccxt_initialized" ]
  then
    g_python 'import os' || return 1
    g_python 'import sys' || return 1
    g_python 'sys.path.append("/ccxt/python")' || return 1
    g_python 'import ccxt' || return 1
  fi
  if ! [[ "$f_ccxt_initialized" =~ $STOCK_EXCHANGE ]]
  then
    local f_exchange_type="swap"
    [ -z "$LEVERAGE" ] && f_exchange_type="spot"
    g_python "${STOCK_EXCHANGE} = ccxt.${STOCK_EXCHANGE}({'apiKey': '${API_KEY}','secret': '${API_SECRET}','enableRateLimit': True,'options': {'defaultType': '${f_exchange_type}',},})" || return 1
    g_python "${STOCK_EXCHANGE}.load_markets()"
    f_ccxt_initialized="${f_ccxt_initialized}${STOCK_EXCHANGE},"
  fi
  
  # send and receive ccxt command in python - on error kill progress
  if ! g_python "$@" 
  then
    kill -9 $(jobs -l | grep python-pipeexec.py | cut -d" " -f 2)
    return 1
  fi
  # reference result to python-result
  declare -ng f_ccxt_result=g_python_result

  # make the output jq-conform
  # avoids errors like: "parse error: Invalid numeric literal at"
  f_ccxt_result=${f_ccxt_result//\'/\"}
  f_ccxt_result=${f_ccxt_result// None/ null}
  f_ccxt_result=${f_ccxt_result// True/ true}
  f_ccxt_result=${f_ccxt_result// False/ false}
  f_ccxt_result=${f_ccxt_result//,,/,}
  
}