# Why does the multiplication factor has no impact on backtest

**URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-multiplication-factor-has-no-impact-on-backtest/7141
**Category:** Algos, strategies, code
**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-multiplication-factor-has-no-impact-on-backtest/7141 "2016-08-18T18:33:28Z")
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### Author: ![RL1002](https://tradingqna.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@RL1002](https://tradingqna.com/u/RL1002)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-multiplication-factor-has-no-impact-on-backtest/7141/1 "2016-08-18T18:33:28Z")

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I am trying to create a volume breakout script as follows:

VOLUME\>AVG(REF(VOLUME,1), 10)\*10

but the multiplier (10 as shown above) is having no impact whatsoever on the final result, whether I make it 1 or 1000… seems weird

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### Author: ![portfolioplus911](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/portfolioplus911/32/513_2.png) [@portfolioplus911](https://tradingqna.com/u/portfolioplus911)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/why-does-the-multiplication-factor-has-no-impact-on-backtest/7141/2 "2016-08-18T19:19:11Z")

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hElLO tRaDeR,

```
SET A = REF(VOLUME,1)
VOLUME > AVG (A,10) * 10
```

Check this out and let me know the results.