They are box strategies , but not similar.
The first one is a farce and the second one is the usual amateurish stuff , I looked at both of them.He uses some 30/35 pip minimum box .....that in istself is amateurish .....if volatility increased by 50 % ..that would be like 20 pips......
These are non starters.
I agree. The Stairsteps Breakout system outlined on ForexFactory has a number of problems such as no valid forward tests even tho the thread has been live for a year (the only results shown are always ultra-optimised past results over the previous 100 days).
All of the pro traders that were trialling it have all dropped out and are no longer using it