The limit of an inverse sequence of sequentially compact sequential topologies is sequential of order not greater than the supremum of the sequential orders of the topologies of the sequence $+1$; if moreover the topologies are $\alpha _{3}$, then the order is equal to that supremum. This implies almost countable productivity of the considered properties. This fact is used to construct a compact sequential topology of order $2$, the countable power of which is sequential of order $2$. On the other hand, the sequential order of the countably infinite power of a space containing a closed subset homeomorphic to the sequential fan, is $\omega _{1}.$