The following ETF's are focused in the Natural Resources areas including gold, oil, gas, and other mineral and energy related companies. This area of investment is highly cyclical and has the reputation for boom and bust behavior.

Below you will see the Total Return for these funds over the past year. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) has been included for reference. The default order is by Relative Strength but you can sort on any other column by clicking either the Ascending or Descending arrows. ( ).

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.02	2.01	3.23	11.82	21.41	51.42	63.81	314m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	98.68	1.50	3.26	12.84	22.37	47.50	54.14	993m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	98.00	4.12	4.60	-2.47	34.08	27.87	46.64	72m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	97.93	4.25	-0.52	-4.46	30.58	37.60	54.80	52m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	97.55	3.41	0.44	3.71	37.66	36.62	37.16	155m
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	95.67	2.01	2.04	-0.81	2.74	24.44	60.49	37m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	92.61	2.11	2.43	-0.42	17.68	19.43	31.52	540m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	91.67	3.68	2.32	2.64	23.58	22.95	8.90	371k
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	87.00	1.29	1.39	-0.15	5.02	14.71	32.17	502k
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	86.21	1.08	1.02	0.08	2.50	14.79	33.82	373m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	86.02	1.07	1.02	0.10	2.46	14.72	33.61	3b
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	74.68	1.82	2.61	2.68	11.34	13.41	12.73	436k
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	73.74	1.73	1.76	5.31	8.73	18.24	12.48	1m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	67.22	1.54	0.29	1.72	10.67	7.56	15.86	44b
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	62.13	1.59	0.71	2.05	6.71	12.54	10.31	228k
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	62.10	2.52	2.11	5.01	10.17	11.67	9.52	4m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	59.01	2.28	2.11	4.37	9.57	11.62	8.52	3m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	56.56	1.60	2.64	1.16	5.81	11.16	9.09	3m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	43.48	2.02	2.78	2.78	10.32	5.09	7.33	4m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	39.41	1.14	1.96	5.31	0.69	0.15	17.41	6m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	37.75	0.69	2.53	-1.91	11.17	-0.94	1.10	375m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	37.08	0.49	1.99	-0.27	5.52	-0.57	7.99	8m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	34.78	0.72	0.61	-0.61	6.05	0.46	6.00	1m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	33.01	0.24	2.08	-2.07	6.58	-2.82	4.23	358k
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	31.31	1.90	2.62	1.93	8.76	2.16	0.37	11m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	30.97	0.53	1.37	-2.72	0.77	-3.54	11.25	2m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	29.28	0.41	1.42	-1.43	3.71	-2.56	5.72	10m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	25.85	2.10	3.09	0.77	8.40	-1.82	2.20	48m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	19.48	2.04	2.96	1.06	8.11	-2.27	1.06	24m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	19.37	0.67	2.64	-1.74	7.94	-4.30	-3.01	5m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	16.39	2.04	3.02	0.81	7.84	-3.07	1.05	1b
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	14.39	0.52	2.40	-1.43	7.68	-4.77	-4.00	139k
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	10.17	4.64	6.42	0.11	15.48	-8.24	-9.86	3m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	9.95	5.02	6.56	-0.34	16.71	-7.57	-12.42	95m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	8.74	2.64	3.51	1.53	3.01	-2.80	-2.64	67k
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	8.44	2.87	2.96	0.80	6.03	-3.76	-3.53	5m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	7.39	3.43	3.29	-0.13	6.54	-4.94	-4.69	327m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	6.59	2.72	2.14	-0.59	5.68	-6.46	-5.07	8m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	6.33	5.02	6.32	0.35	16.39	-9.69	-17.52	3m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	6.03	4.17	5.92	1.11	14.89	-11.21	-8.40	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	5.65	4.05	5.94	0.92	14.58	-11.40	-8.63	19m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	5.09	1.17	5.12	-3.51	12.77	-13.56	-17.37	66m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	3.24	-3.96	-5.62	-1.10	-15.05	-4.40	-10.83	2m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	3.17	-0.99	-4.91	2.41	-16.56	0.35	-5.23	48m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	3.13	-3.98	-5.73	-1.07	-15.23	-5.52	-11.78	4m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.51	-2.02	-1.93	0.53	-3.76	-24.37	-42.31	10m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	0.98	-3.95	-7.17	-14.07	-28.47	-46.08	-18.70	112m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	0.68	-4.19	-4.85	1.17	-28.73	-32.48	-49.16	7m

48 symbols listed

The dynamics of Relative Strength are illustraded below for the past quarter. From this you can visualize which funds are improving on a relative basis and which are deteriorating.

5-day Intervals 21-day Intervals

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Symbol	08/22	08/15	08/08	08/01	07/25	07/18	07/11	07/03	06/26	06/18	06/11	06/04	05/28
GDXJ	99.0	99.1	97.6	96.7	95.6	93.5	98.0	98.9	98.7	99.4	99.6	99.6	99.0
GDX	98.7	98.9	97.4	96.5	94.6	90.1	96.7	97.5	97.9	98.7	98.6	99.4	98.7
AGQ	98.0	98.2	97.6	95.4	95.6	96.0	98.3	94.6	94.9	96.0	96.4	87.8	52.1
NLR	97.9	98.2	98.2	98.2	98.5	97.9	97.1	97.8	98.5	99.1	98.2	96.6	96.7
XME	97.6	96.7	96.6	94.4	95.2	94.4	95.0	92.5	89.8	91.2	80.0	66.1	31.8
UGL	95.7	96.3	96.4	97.6	95.5	95.9	98.0	98.1	99.3	99.6	99.6	99.7	99.7
SLV	92.6	93.9	93.0	91.1	89.3	89.7	94.2	90.1	92.2	93.8	92.8	88.1	80.5
PBD	91.7	88.5	79.5	80.4	88.5	80.3	72.4	74.0	47.7	14.7	35.6	13.6	11.5
DBP	87.0	89.2	87.8	90.6	84.3	85.1	93.0	92.2	94.3	96.6	96.6	97.2	96.9
IAU	86.2	88.6	87.2	92.4	84.8	86.6	93.1	93.9	95.6	97.0	97.2	97.9	97.7
GLD	86.0	88.4	86.8	92.1	84.6	86.6	93.0	93.8	95.4	96.9	97.0	97.8	97.6
HAP	74.7	69.5	64.1	59.7	61.5	53.2	72.0	64.7	61.4	73.2	65.5	54.3	50.6
CGW	73.7	71.9	69.1	66.3	54.4	62.2	73.8	75.7	75.2	73.0	74.0	73.4	77.2
SPY	67.2	70.6	74.5	73.3	71.4	71.8	65.4	67.8	66.0	64.8	65.6	62.9	60.4
PIO	62.1	63.3	60.4	56.2	55.6	62.0	73.4	71.7	72.1	64.5	69.9	65.5	70.4
FIW	62.1	54.1	49.1	45.2	43.2	43.5	59.8	54.7	49.0	41.5	49.6	45.0	31.4
PHO	59.0	51.2	48.3	46.7	43.6	48.0	61.1	57.6	50.3	42.8	50.6	48.0	32.3
MOO	56.6	53.6	48.4	45.9	56.0	52.5	71.8	72.3	64.9	78.5	67.2	66.9	70.7
IGE	43.5	37.3	44.2	38.7	35.2	28.0	40.9	30.3	21.6	43.6	39.4	17.5	13.9
DBA	39.4	44.8	30.9	21.8	20.6	29.7	25.7	24.0	37.9	54.1	59.6	73.7	76.5
USO	37.8	27.8	40.0	78.8	31.1	24.3	32.8	11.2	12.5	90.8	49.1	11.9	7.5
GSG	37.1	36.3	39.0	56.1	33.9	34.0	32.5	25.9	24.3	79.7	51.3	33.1	22.3
DBB	34.8	43.8	47.7	47.6	38.7	38.0	25.2	23.4	19.8	12.3	11.1	14.7	16.7
DBE	33.0	24.4	37.8	66.4	36.8	37.6	37.3	21.2	19.0	88.0	47.1	16.3	13.1
IXC	31.3	13.7	28.8	23.9	22.6	12.2	30.9	10.6	10.6	22.5	23.8	9.1	8.6
DJP	31.0	35.3	34.7	46.0	39.3	45.1	39.5	35.1	44.0	81.9	58.3	60.2	50.3
DBC	29.3	28.6	34.6	50.5	32.8	34.4	32.9	25.7	25.1	75.2	42.9	24.8	19.9
VDE	25.8	8.4	16.1	18.4	17.6	11.7	31.7	9.6	9.3	29.6	18.5	7.8	7.1
IYE	19.5	7.4	13.4	17.2	12.3	10.7	28.9	8.7	8.6	17.5	13.8	6.9	6.4
DBO	19.4	9.4	13.2	51.4	10.1	8.2	6.3	5.1	5.9	70.3	26.7	7.6	6.2
XLE	16.4	6.9	12.8	15.9	11.8	10.1	29.0	7.9	7.8	19.0	12.7	6.5	6.2
USL	14.4	8.3	12.0	45.9	9.3	8.4	8.3	4.6	5.5	60.6	15.0	7.4	5.7
IEZ	10.2	3.2	4.9	4.8	8.2	3.0	5.1	3.1	2.6	4.1	4.4	2.6	2.4
OIH	9.9	3.0	4.8	4.4	7.7	3.3	5.9	3.0	2.4	4.1	4.2	2.3	2.2
CUT	8.7	5.8	9.3	5.2	10.4	6.1	14.1	9.5	6.5	5.4	7.0	6.9	9.2
IEO	8.4	4.9	9.4	11.2	10.3	14.6	29.4	8.0	8.4	21.1	13.3	5.7	5.3
XOP	7.4	4.4	9.5	11.0	12.5	20.5	31.3	6.8	7.4	26.4	13.8	5.0	4.7
FCG	6.6	4.9	11.3	11.9	9.3	8.7	11.8	4.9	6.4	29.6	15.5	6.0	5.1
XES	6.3	2.4	3.4	2.9	4.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2.1	3.3	3.6	2.2	1.6
DIG	6.0	2.7	4.6	5.4	4.9	4.4	13.7	3.3	2.7	4.8	3.4	2.0	1.9
ERX	5.7	2.6	4.7	5.6	5.1	4.5	11.1	3.2	2.8	4.7	3.4	1.9	1.8
UCO	5.1	3.0	4.4	43.9	3.8	3.5	4.0	2.4	2.3	55.0	5.3	2.5	2.1
DUG	3.2	13.7	4.4	6.0	4.0	5.4	2.9	7.0	16.2	7.2	7.2	83.8	93.6
SCO	3.2	10.3	4.5	2.3	5.0	6.9	4.4	33.5	44.2	2.4	5.8	80.2	94.9
ERY	3.1	12.4	4.1	5.6	3.8	5.2	2.7	6.6	14.7	6.2	6.1	81.2	91.9
GLL	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9
UNG	1.0	1.4	2.0	2.8	3.2	9.0	2.9	2.3	2.9	33.0	5.2	14.7	7.4
ZSL	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.5	2.7