Crucible MT5

VELTIS CRUCIBLE — Crude oil, refined.

Three engines. One crude oil system.

Built for WTI, sized from your balance, guarded by hard protective limits. One input.

WHAT IS CRUCIBLE

Crucible is a fully automated Expert Advisor for WTI crude oil on MetaTrader 5.

It runs three independent engines, Onyx, Cobalt and Basalt, each with its own logic, its own sizing and its own magic number. Together they cover different market conditions in oil.

You choose one risk profile. Crucible does the rest.

BACKTEST: JANUARY 2024 – OCTOBER 2026

• Net growth: +936% (10,000 EUR → 103,638 EUR)

• 2024: +136.2%   |   2025: +44.2%   |   2026 (to 19 October): +204.4%

• Profit factor: 3.96

• Winning trades: 81.8% of 347 trades

• Profitable months: 31 of 34

• Sharpe ratio: 2.91   |   Recovery factor: 7.86

• Maximum equity drawdown: 33.4%

Conditions: MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester, BlackBull Markets demo server, WTI, 100% real-tick history, default Standard profile, 10,000 EUR start, sizing compounding with the balance.

CONSISTENT ACROSS BROKERS (1 January – 19 October 2026, identical settings)

• BlackBull Markets (WTI): +137.0%, profit factor 4.11, max equity drawdown 15.3%

• IC Markets (XTIUSD): +159.4%, profit factor 6.34, max equity drawdown 17.6%

Backtests are not a promise of future results. Spreads, swaps, commissions and the oil contract a broker quotes differ and change results.

THREE ENGINES, ONE PORTFOLIO

ONYX – the selective engine

• Waits for rare, high-quality setups

• Stop loss and target on every trade

• Risk in % of the balance

• Maximum holding time per trade

COBALT – the second precision engine

• Different market logic from Onyx

• Stop loss and target on every trade

• Risk in % of the balance

• Short holding time

BASALT – the core engine

• The main source of returns

• Manages its positions as one unit

• Profit lock that follows the price

• Hard protective limit at 35% of the balance (adjustable in inputs)

BUILT-IN PROTECTION

• Protective limit: if Basalt's open loss reaches 35% (adjustable in inputs) of the balance, it closes all its positions and pauses for the rest of the day

• Stop and target: every Onyx and Cobalt trade has a stop loss and a target from the first second

• Profit lock: Basalt secures its profit as the price moves in its favour, then trails it

• Margin guard: position sizes are capped to keep a healthy margin level, free margin is checked before every order

• Broker-independent sizing: sizes adjust automatically to the broker's contract size (100 or 1,000 barrels per lot)

• Time limits: Onyx and Cobalt trades have a maximum holding time

TWO INPUTS. THAT IS IT.

RiskProfile

• Conservative – Onyx 2.6%, Cobalt 2.4%, Basalt 0.25

• Standard (default) – Onyx 3.25%, Cobalt 3%, Basalt 0.35

• High – Onyx 3.9%, Cobalt 3.6%, Basalt 0.40

Onyx and Cobalt: risk per trade in % of the balance at the stop loss.

Basalt: starting size in lots per 10,000 of balance on a 100-barrel contract (adjusted automatically for other contract sizes).

ProtectiveLimitPercent - if Basalt's open loss reaches % (adjustable in inputs) of the balance, it closes all its positions and pauses for the rest of the day

DashboardSizePercent

• 70 to 140 (default 100)

Everything else is built in. No .set files, no tuning, no guesswork.

ON-CHART DASHBOARD

• Live status of all three engines: armed, in trade or paused, with size and P/L

• Live oil price card with today's change, next to your equity

• Equity, balance, today's result, floating P/L and open trades

• 30-day performance curve, win rate and trade count

• Safeguard meters for drawdown, margin use, exposure and spread

• Account type badge (Demo / Live) with a trading-state indicator

• One click minimizes it to a compact view: balance, equity, floating P/L, open trades

• Freely scalable from 70% to 140%, sharp at every size

REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Platform: MetaTrader 5

• Symbol: WTI crude oil CFD (WTI, XTIUSD, USOIL, USOUSD ... any broker name, any chart timeframe)

• Account type: hedging (on a netting account only Basalt runs)

• Leverage: 1:20 or higher

• Deposit: from 2,000 (USD / EUR), 4,000 or more recommended

• Broker: low WTI spread, low swap; any contract size

• Running: 24/5 on a VPS is recommended

HOW TO START

1. Open a WTI chart (any timeframe).

2. Attach Crucible and allow algo trading.

3. Choose your risk profile.

4. Let it run.

RISK DISCLOSURE

Trading crude oil CFDs carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for every investor. Crucible sizes its trades from the balance, so results compound in both directions. Basalt can hold several positions at the same time and does not place an individual stop loss on each position; its protection is the engine-level protective limit, which closes all Basalt positions if their open loss reaches 35% of the balance. With the default Standard profile, drawdowns of up to about 33% occurred in the backtest; choose Conservative if that is more than you are comfortable with. All figures above come from backtests in the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester and do not guarantee future results. Results depend on the broker's oil contract, spread, swap and execution. Test Crucible on a demo account first and only trade with money you can afford to lose.