The first four months of the year were a period of deep rework at Stein Investments. Several tools did not just receive individual improvements during this time; they got new foundations. Here is what changed and what it means for how you trade.

Power Candles

Power Candles went through its biggest transformation in this period. Version 3.0 introduced an Auto-Optimizer Engine that runs thousands of trade simulations per symbol to find the best historical setup and displays it directly in the panel. No more manual trial-and-error through settings. The indicator shows you the result; you decide on the entry.

  • Version 3.1 moved all settings into the main panel. A dedicated settings page, per-symbol toggles for candles, arrows and trade lines, and a master switch for alerts: all reachable without separate windows.
  • Load time at market close is noticeably shorter.
  • High-resolution and DPI scaling for monitors running at 125% to 200%, so the panel stays sharp and proportional on modern displays.
  • Settings now hold consistently across timeframe switches and reloads.

Power Candles Scanner

The Power Candles Scanner launched on the MQL5 Market in April and received several meaningful improvements in its opening weeks.

  • Scan speed dropped from several minutes to a few seconds. Anyone scanning a full watchlist feels this immediately.
  • Symbols can be switched individually without re-scanning the entire list.
  • An active-signals filter shows only symbols with a live signal running. The overview stays manageable even with large watchlists.
  • Settings persist while navigating through the list.

Smart Stop Scanner

The Smart Stop Scanner received a complete interface rewrite in this period, fundamentally changing how you work with it.

  • Version 3.0 delivers a fully new canvas-based interface in place of the previous object-based rendering. The result: smoother display, cleaner layout.
  • All eight columns are sortable. Clicking a symbol opens its chart directly.
  • Scroll support for long symbol lists.
  • Version 3.10 adds a configurable SL quality filter: alerts only fire above a minimum grade that you set. Less alert noise from wide, low-quality stops.

Smart Stop Indicator

  • Version 2.0 brought a new canvas panel with 40 to 60 percent faster execution.
  • Drag-and-drop for the panel, with stable positioning across timeframe switches.
  • High-resolution DPI scaling and an adjustable panel size from 80% to 150%.
  • New Smart Stop levels now trigger push alerts reliably.

Power Bar and Power Bar Scanner

Power Bar and Power Bar Scanner launched on the MQL5 Market early in the year.

  • Power Bar now shows FlipFlop trades as coloured lines from entry to exit, with tooltips displaying the pip result, entry price and exit price.
  • SL and TP lines are fully configurable: colour, width, style and length in bars.
  • The Power Bar Scanner adds sortable columns with a persistent sort state and direct chart navigation via a single click on any symbol.

FX family and more

A performance wave swept through the full product range in this period. Almost every indicator received updates focused on one thing: lower resource use and more stable operation.

  • FX Power and IX Power now run with significantly lower CPU load on weaker machines and VPS environments. The gain is most noticeable when running several instances in parallel.
  • FX Volume received the same hardware optimisation.
  • FX Dynamic now correctly retains alert status between sessions.
  • FX Levels runs more efficiently on lower-end systems and gained an option to disable the current timeframe calculation, useful for setups with multiple simultaneous instances.
  • FX Trend now shows trend-line values in the MetaTrader data window. The panel was cleared of parameter codes. Alerts now include directional information for new trends.
  • EasyTrade corrects lot sizing for accounts with crypto-based currencies.
  • EasyInsight runs more efficiently on lower-end systems.

The direction of this period is clear: stronger foundations, more capable tools, less manual overhead in daily use. What came next is in the reports that follow.

More editions: May and June 2026 · 2025