The CFIN Journal

Updates, milestones & research

A timeline of what we shipped, when, and to which part of CFIN — Iris, the website, the app and admin.

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Project Iris · 12 updates Website · 36 updates App · 20 updates Admin · 3 updates

October 2026

October 2026

68 updates Project Iris 7 Website 33 App 17 Admin 2

Website Research Under the hood: the wave backdrop on our public pages How CFIN's public-page backdrop works today: a particle wave front drawn with raw WebGL in one draw call, a size field in the vertex shader, and a capped pointer wake. CFIN Graphics & Motion Oct 07, 2026 3 min read

Website New feature The supported broker showcase The Supported Broker Showcase on the CFIN homepage lists five brokers: IC Markets, Pepperstone, Blueberry Markets, Vantage and Fusion Markets. At present only Blueberry Markets is open for new accounts. CFIN Trading Operations Oct 07, 2026 1 min read

Website Weekly update The Apple design language pass: concentric geometry and fluid grids Concentric pill geometry for floating controls and fluid grids that use wide screens, with flat content cards and glass kept for chrome. Presentation only: no figure or setting changes. CFIN Design Team Oct 07, 2026 3 min read

Website Weekly update "Won vs lost" on the landing page, explained Two different numbers on the landing page can look like the same win rate. They answer different questions, and the page now says so next to each one. CFIN Team Oct 06, 2026 5 min read

Website Weekly update What "Clear session" does, and when to use it It is a full sign-out, not just a cookie wipe: the link at the bottom of the sign-in screen revokes your session token on the server, not only in your current browser. CFIN Team Oct 06, 2026 4 min read

Website New feature The segmented limits control on the homepage, explained Risk level, daily growth limit, maximum drawdown and vault split: four settings, each a short list of preset values. What each one means, and how the two daily limits are checked. CFIN Team Oct 06, 2026 4 min read

Website Weekly update The registration journey, step by step Registering now shows exactly where you are: nine numbered steps, with a visible rail and a saved place if you step away partway through. CFIN Team Oct 06, 2026 4 min read

Website Weekly update The new Iris glyph, replacing the old robot icon The small round mark on the chat bubble and in the chat panel's header is a new glyph now, not the old robot mascot image — theme-matched for light and dark, swapped for every surface that used to carry the old mark. CFIN Team Oct 06, 2026 3 min read

Website New feature The corner chat: meeting the animated Iris A bubble in the bottom corner of the homepage opens a chat panel, with a theme-matched Iris avatar and a disclosure that is always on screen: it can make mistakes and never moves money. CFIN Team Oct 06, 2026 3 min read

Website New feature The blog gets a product filter and search A search box and two filter rows — by category and by product — make it possible to find a specific post without scrolling through every update. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 4 min read

Website Weekly update The alpha banner, and what "invite-only" means A thin strip above the header, on every public page, says the same thing every time: CFIN is in early access, by invitation. Here is exactly what that means in practice. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 3 min read

Website Weekly update System pages, redesigned: the 404 and the payment result screen A wrong link and an unexpected visit to the payment result page are now both handled calmly: a plain explanation, a short list of useful next steps, and no red anywhere. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 3 min read

Website Weekly update Signing in on iPhone: Apple, Google and your own account Sign in with Apple, then Google, then your email or MT5 login — in that order, with 44px fields built for a thumb, not a mouse. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 3 min read

Website Weekly update The Performance page: fleet cards, mini charts and the calendar Fleet chips now carry their own small sparkline each, and the daily returns calendar sits right beside the trailing average-return trend. Here is how to read both. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 4 min read

Website Weekly update One background, every public page Landing, Performance, Blog, FAQ and Login used to each draw their own backdrop. They now share one CSS token, so the page behind the content looks the same wherever you land. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 4 min read

Website Weekly update iPad gets its own layout pass The width band between a phone and a desktop had been overlooked in several places on cfin.be. It's now had its own dedicated check, starting with a device mockup that was quietly rendering off-screen. CFIN Team Oct 05, 2026 3 min read

Website Weekly update Inside the fee calculator: sliders and scenario cards A closer look at the fee calculator's two input controls: the account-size slider with its presets, and the four scenario cards that drive the return slider. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 5 min read

Website Weekly update The fee calculator, redesigned: a step-by-step walkthrough A step-by-step walkthrough of the redesigned fee calculator: set an account size, pick or fine-tune a monthly return, and read what you would pay. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 4 min read

Website Weekly update Dark mode: checked page by page Dark mode has been checked component by component — the calculator, the limits control, the chat panel, the cookie sheet — to catch places where light and dark had quietly drifted apart. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 3 min read

Website Weekly update Accessibility: focus rings and bigger tap targets A visible ring when you tab to a control, and a 44px minimum size on buttons and fields, across the public site and sign-in flow. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 4 min read

Website New feature 3D device mockups, now on phones too The tilted MacBook and iPhone device mockups on the homepage used to be desktop-only; they now render at phone width too. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 4 min read

Project Iris Milestone Every Project Iris update, 23 September to 4 October Twenty-one updates in twelve days, each listed at the moment it went live, with what changed for the trades Project Iris places. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 8 min read

Project Iris Research How we check every Iris change, before and after it goes live Eight steps from a rule to a live change, live alarms around the clock, and the two occasions it went wrong. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 6 min read

Project Iris New feature Entries and recovery legs: what changed in Project Iris When a trade may open, how deep a recovery ladder can go, four recovery fixes, and FX range trades redrawn. CFIN Team Oct 04, 2026 6 min read

Project Iris New feature Before major news: how Iris tightens step by step As a high-impact release approaches, stops tighten gradually. Several events at once tighten more, market opens count more lightly, and no trade is ever closed just because news is coming. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 5 min read

Project Iris New feature How a stop moves on a winning trade Break-even, trailing, why a brief spread spike is ignored, and why a break-even stop is never undone. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 6 min read

Project Iris New feature How Iris sizes a new trade: one allowance, three family shares Gold, indices and FX each have their own starting share of one daily allowance. A starting share, not a reservation, and smaller only when less is left. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 7 min read

App Weekly update How mixed-currency accounts are shown, and how to pick an account An account picker now replaces blended figures on Overview, Performance and Vault for anyone holding accounts in more than one currency. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update How to reach Support from any device Support opens the same way on every device, with a chat assistant, a contact form and a separate status page. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 1 min read

App Weekly update How to update your profile and settings A quick guide to the profile and settings area, now in the same consistent place across Mac, iPad and iPhone. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update How to use the fee calculator on the homepage A step-by-step guide to the pricing calculator on the cfin.be homepage, and how to read the VAT-inclusive fee it shows you. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update How to manage your billing and licence Where to find your invoices, referrals, fees and payment methods in the redesigned Billing section, now using consistent licence wording. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update How to find your Journal entries now Journal moved from its own sidebar item into a sub-page of Trades; every existing entry carried over exactly as it was written. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update How to use the full-screen assistant on Charts A quick guide to opening the chat assistant from the Charts page, reading the Iris Ring status light, and getting back out again. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update How to switch between light and dark mode Every redesigned CFIN page supports light and dark appearance, following your device by default, with an in-app toggle where offered. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update How to read the new Statistics page Statistics has its own section in the sidebar with five sub-pages: Breakdown, Risk, Drawdown, Reliability and Comparison. Here is what each answers, and how the main figures are worked out. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 3 min read

App Weekly update How to find your Vault and confirm a withdrawal or deposit A short walkthrough of the redesigned Vault, and how to confirm a withdrawal or deposit so trading on your account starts again. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Why some things haven't changed yet Not every page or translation has moved to the new CFIN design yet; the rollout deliberately prioritises the pages customers use most first. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 1 min read

Admin Weekly update Faster, more consistent account administration Internal admin tools now say plainly when a figure can't be confirmed, and our team can manage dashboard banner notices directly. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update How we write and publish on this blog A short note on this blog's rules: written by the CFIN team, reviewed before publishing, and never carrying performance figures or profit claims. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Website Milestone Welcome to the CFIN blog The CFIN blog is now live in the new design, giving customers a running, honest record of what's changing in the product and why. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Reading your performance page: a short guide A short guide to the three sections of the public performance page, and how its time- and capital-weighted figures should be read. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update Signing in: a cleaner, calmer screen The sign-in and two-factor verification screens have a new, darker look, alongside security hardening to two-factor login, lockouts and sign-out. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update Signing up to CFIN: what's new Registration is now a clear, numbered nine-step journey in the new design, while every field, validation rule and translation stays exactly as it was. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update The fee calculator on the homepage The homepage's interactive licence-fee calculator has been rebuilt in the new design, including a fix so its currency toggle announces its state to screen readers. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update One accent colour: why we simplified our palette CFIN now uses a single accent colour, CFIN blue, across links, buttons and tabs, replacing a mix of shades that had crept in across different pages. CFIN Team Oct 02, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Why one design system matters A short reflection on why CFIN built one shared design system before redesigning any individual page, and why the slower start was worth it. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Keeping invoices and statements consistent Invoices, credit notes, statements and contracts now share one consistent layout, with a plain status label replacing the old diagonal watermark. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update One design system, from your dashboard to our support desk Your dashboard, the public website and CFIN's internal tools now share one design system, which should mean a more consistent product and faster support. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Admin Weekly update Behind the scenes: our support tools got an upgrade too The internal dashboard our support and operations team uses was rebuilt on the same shared design system as your customer dashboard. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Your performance page, rebuilt The public /performance page has been rebuilt in the new design across Summary, Days and the consistency table, with several display bugs fixed. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update The vertical pinned story section, restyled A vertical, scroll-triggered section on the homepage that tells the story of the Vault has been restyled to match the new design — its sticky chart and scroll behaviour are unchanged. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update The horizontal scrolling showcase, restyled The homepage's horizontal scrolling section keeps its pinned, sideways-scrubbing behaviour exactly as before, now restyled with the new type, colour, card style and logo, including on touch devices. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update The hero and its rotating headline The homepage hero keeps its rotating headline, key figures and device mock-ups, now restyled with the new type, colour system and a subtle gradient, with the rotation itself respecting Reduce Motion. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Website Milestone The new cfin.be homepage: what changed, what stayed The cfin.be homepage keeps the 3D device mock-ups and scrolling story sections customers already knew, rebuilt in a new Apple-inspired visual language with screenshots recaptured from the real dashboard. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Your profile and settings have a new, consistent home Your profile now opens from the same place on every device — the sidebar footer on Mac and iPad, or the top of "More" on iPhone — with account details, security, preferences, documents and connected services sharing one settings layout. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Billing: clearer, calmer, still exact Invoices, Referrals, Fees and Payment methods now use the new design, alongside clearer wording for how CFIN charges you: nothing about the amounts has changed. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App New feature Vault: confirm and resume, redesigned The Vault, its history and the withdrawal and deposit guide now use the new design, with a clearer dialogue for confirming a withdrawal or deposit before trading carries on. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App New feature Charts, and the new full-screen assistant On iPhone, Charts has moved under the "More" menu to make room for frequently used pages, and now opens a full-screen chat assistant directly. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Trades, and where your Journal entries went Journal has moved from its own menu item into a new Trades sub-page, alongside Open positions, Trade history and Upcoming events. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 3 min read

App New feature Statistics is now its own page Statistics, with Breakdown, Risk, Drawdown, Reliability and Comparison, now has its own top-level section in the sidebar, separate from Performance. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Performance: a clearer read on your account The Performance page's Summary, Calendar and Distribution views were rebuilt on the dashboard's shared design, with consistent states and plain-language figures. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Overview: your account at a glance, refreshed Overview now shows one row per account, keeps currencies apart, and reads top to bottom: value right now, today, drawdown budget, daily growth cap, vault, this week and your accounts. A guide to each card. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 5 min read

Other Weekly update What we kept from the old design, and why The cfin.be homepage redesign deliberately kept its 3D device mock-ups and scrolling sections because they already explained the product well. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Project Iris New feature The Iris Ring: your assistant's new face CFIN's in-app chat assistant now has a simple avatar built from our logo ring, the Iris Ring, shown only in chat and AI-assisted support replies. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

Other Milestone Meet the new CFIN logo family CFIN now uses one master logo family, generated once and shown consistently on the browser tab, app icon, link previews, and email and document headers. CFIN Team Oct 01, 2026 2 min read

September 2026

September 2026

19 updates Project Iris 5 Website 3 App 3 Admin 1

App Milestone A tour of the redesigned CFIN dashboard The customer dashboard is being rebuilt page by page on one shared design — Overview, Trades, Statistics, Performance, Vault, Billing, Learn and Support. CFIN Team Sep 30, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Light mode and dark mode, done properly Every redesigned CFIN page is now built and checked in both light and dark appearance together, with dark mode using a true black background rather than a simple colour inversion. CFIN Team Sep 30, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Smoother motion, used with restraint Animations across the redesigned CFIN pages now follow two consistent motion styles, never animate money figures, and respect your device's Reduce Motion setting. CFIN Team Sep 29, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update One set of design tokens, used everywhere Colours, spacing, corner radii and type sizes are now defined once as shared design tokens and reused across every CFIN page, instead of being set separately on each one. CFIN Team Sep 29, 2026 2 min read

Other Milestone Introducing the new CFIN design language CFIN's dashboard, admin tools and public website are moving to one shared, Apple-inspired design language, rolling out page by page with nothing for you to do. CFIN Team Sep 28, 2026 2 min read

Admin Weekly update Audit trails: how we track changes behind the scenes CFIN added a "Your data" card to customer profiles, with a clear path to request a copy of your data or ask for it to be erased. CFIN Team Sep 27, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Every page protected: our ongoing security hardening A round-up of recent, mostly invisible security improvements: tightened referrer handling, rotated secrets, and cross-account access testing. CFIN Team Sep 27, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Licence, not subscription: clearer language across CFIN CFIN now uses "licence" and "licence fee" consistently across the dashboard, billing and communications, in place of the older wording. CFIN Team Sep 22, 2026 2 min read

Other Weekly update Multi-language support: CFIN in your language The FAQ, and more of the product generally, is now available in Dutch, French, German and Spanish, with correctly localised currency figures. CFIN Team Sep 21, 2026 2 min read

Project Iris Research Recovery logic, explained simply When a position moves against it, Project Iris uses a structured recovery process — here's what that means in plain terms, without the specifics. CFIN Team Sep 21, 2026 2 min read

Project Iris Research Risk guard stages: how Project Iris manages exposure Project Iris includes a dedicated safety layer that enforces your account's risk limits independently of the trading decisions themselves. CFIN Team Sep 21, 2026 2 min read

Project Iris Research Inside Project Iris: how the engine thinks in stages A high-level look at how Project Iris approaches managing a trading account, described in stages rather than in technical detail. CFIN Team Sep 21, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update FAQ and getting help, before you even sign up The homepage FAQ and the FAQ inside the dashboard now draw from one reconciled set of answers, available in five languages with correctly localised currency figures. CFIN Team Sep 21, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update Plain-language verification: why we check who you are CFIN's identity-verification explanation now reads in plain language: we confirm who you are before trading starts, to protect your account. CFIN Team Sep 20, 2026 1 min read

Project Iris Weekly update Why we renamed our trading engine A closer look at why Project Green became Project Iris, and what stayed exactly the same. CFIN Team Sep 20, 2026 2 min read

Project Iris Milestone From Project Green to Project Iris: a new name for our engine CFIN's trading engine, previously known internally as Project Green, is now called Project Iris. Here's what the rename means. CFIN Team Sep 20, 2026 2 min read

Website Weekly update Verifying who you are, and why CFIN now explains identity verification during sign-up in plain language: we confirm who you are before trading starts, to protect your account. CFIN Team Sep 20, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Support: easier to reach, wherever you are Support now uses the same card layout as the rest of the dashboard, with one entry point for the chat assistant, a human contact form, and a separate status page. CFIN Team Sep 18, 2026 2 min read

App Weekly update Learn: a tidier home for guides and explainers FAQ, Guides and Glossary now share one consistent card layout, and the FAQ is now available, in-house, in Dutch, French, German and Spanish. CFIN Team Sep 18, 2026 2 min read

July 2026

July 2026

4 updates Project Iris 2 App 1

Other Weekly update Welcome to the CFIN Journal A new public blog on the CFIN website covering weekly updates, milestones, new features and the research behind Project Iris (formerly Project Green). CFIN Team Jul 07, 2026 1 min read

App New feature A clearer look inside the live console The landing page's Live trading floor section now mirrors the real /charts console, with clear labels for signal detection, risk guards, live P/L and the drawdown budget. CFIN Team Jul 06, 2026 1 min read

Project Iris Research How Project Green reads market structure A plain-language look at how the Project Green engine reads market regime and clears a set of risk guards before it ever opens a trade. CFIN Research Jul 04, 2026 3 min read

Project Iris Milestone The Transition from Amber to Green: Why We Rebuilt the Execution Pipeline Why monolithic MQL5 code on MetaTrader 5 could no longer scale, and how decoupling execution into an asynchronous Python engine laid the groundwork for Project Iris. CFIN Core Architecture Jul 02, 2026 2 min read

June 2026

June 2026

1 update Project Iris 1

Project Iris Research From single-pair EA to multi-market portfolio: lessons from Project Amber What running correlated currency baskets taught us about hidden exposure, with a short example of how to see it, and what later engines kept from it. CFIN Quantitative Research Jun 20, 2026 3 min read

May 2026

May 2026

1 update Project Iris 1

Project Iris Milestone The Amber days: inside CFIN's original algorithmic foundation A short look back at Project Amber, CFIN's first MQL5 Expert Advisor: how it was built, what it checked on every tick, and what later engines kept from it. CFIN Engineering Team May 15, 2026 1 min read