diff --git a/freqtrade/data/metrics.py b/freqtrade/data/metrics.py
index b766f461d..e4e618d1c 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/metrics.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/metrics.py
@@ -400,6 +400,30 @@ def calculate_sortino(
     return _calculate_annualized_ratio(expected_returns_mean, down_stdev)
 
 
+def calculate_sortino_from_balance(
+    balance_history: pd.DataFrame,
+    date_col: str = "date",
+    balance_col: str = "total_quote",
+) -> float:
+    """
+    Calculate sortino ratio from historical balance snapshots.
+
+    :param balance_history: DataFrame containing at least date and balance columns
+    :param date_col: Column containing timestamps
+    :param balance_col: Column containing historical balance values
+    :return: sortino
+    """
+    daily_returns = _calculate_daily_returns_from_balance(balance_history, date_col, balance_col)
+
+    if len(daily_returns) == 0:
+        return 0.0
+
+    expected_returns_mean = daily_returns.mean()
+    downside_returns = daily_returns[daily_returns < 0]
+    down_stdev = downside_returns.std(ddof=0)
+    return _calculate_annualized_ratio(expected_returns_mean, down_stdev)
+
+
 def calculate_sharpe(
     trades: pd.DataFrame,
     min_date: datetime | None,
diff --git a/tests/data/test_metrics.py b/tests/data/test_metrics.py
index 38ce57aff..53f8ef0be 100644
--- a/tests/data/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/data/test_metrics.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from freqtrade.data.metrics import (
     calculate_sharpe,
     calculate_sharpe_from_balance,
     calculate_sortino,
+    calculate_sortino_from_balance,
     calculate_sqn,
     calculate_underwater,
     combine_dataframes_with_mean,
@@ -202,6 +203,53 @@ def test_calculate_sortino(testdatadir):
     assert pytest.approx(sortino) == 35.17722
 
 
+def test_calculate_sortino_from_balance():
+    balance_history = DataFrame(
+        {
+            "date": to_datetime(
+                [
+                    "2025-01-01 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-02 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-03 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-04 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-05 00:00:00+00:00",
+                ],
+                utc=True,
+            ),
+            "total_quote": [100.0, 110.0, 104.5, 125.4, 112.86],
+        }
+    )
+
+    sortino = calculate_sortino_from_balance(balance_history)
+    expected_returns = np.array([0.1, -0.05, 0.2, -0.1])
+    expected_sortino = expected_returns.mean() / np.std(expected_returns[expected_returns < 0])
+    expected_sortino *= np.sqrt(365)
+
+    assert isinstance(sortino, float)
+    assert pytest.approx(sortino) == expected_sortino
+    # Explicit assert
+    assert pytest.approx(sortino) == 28.6574597
+
+
+def test_calculate_sortino_from_balance_empty_or_no_downside():
+    assert calculate_sortino_from_balance(DataFrame()) == 0.0
+
+    positive_balance_history = DataFrame(
+        {
+            "date": to_datetime(
+                [
+                    "2025-01-01 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-02 00:00:00+00:00",
+                    "2025-01-03 00:00:00+00:00",
+                ],
+                utc=True,
+            ),
+            "total_quote": [100.0, 110.0, 121.0],
+        }
+    )
+    assert calculate_sortino_from_balance(positive_balance_history) == -100
+
+
 def test_calculate_sharpe(testdatadir):
     filename = testdatadir / "backtest_results/backtest-result.json"
     bt_data = load_backtest_data(filename)