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. ( ).

Include: Short Funds yes --- yes no only Leveraged Funds yes ---- yes no only

Volume Filter dolVol21 ----- dolVol21 Vol60 > < 0 ----- 0 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Right Column:      default ----- default Price Volume cGroup $vol-21 Rtn-10d Rtn-2mo Rtn-4mo Rtn-5mo Rtn-3-6-12 Rtn-YTD RRS-21 RRS-42 RRS-63 RRS-126 RRS-189 RRS-252 1stDate

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	96.52	-1.10	1.87	14.36	-0.51	24.53	70.87	21m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	93.25	-0.43	0.88	5.06	13.42	21.01	32.57	10m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	88.18	0.21	1.07	7.42	0.97	14.19	37.29	261m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	88.07	0.20	1.14	7.45	0.96	14.13	37.10	2b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	86.36	-0.64	1.15	7.30	-0.62	13.23	37.20	614k
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	84.06	0.31	-10.65	-10.21	20.73	19.57	-16.55	199m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	82.17	-0.53	-1.01	2.31	3.45	9.60	23.75	29b
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	81.13	-2.10	7.15	19.48	-16.74	12.75	59.22	71m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	78.39	-1.69	1.55	14.30	-7.73	7.47	44.78	177m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	71.79	-1.17	2.66	15.37	-6.20	3.92	40.02	600m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	67.20	-1.53	-6.55	9.11	-3.44	14.13	18.34	42m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	64.16	-0.73	2.15	7.87	-9.17	8.03	34.54	506m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	62.53	-0.37	-0.74	4.80	5.78	9.31	9.45	4m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	58.78	0.35	-1.98	4.28	12.00	0.36	7.16	238m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	55.60	-0.22	-1.18	3.97	8.17	4.70	6.23	10m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	54.45	0.55	-1.74	4.03	11.42	-0.18	4.20	6m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	48.96	0.31	-2.51	3.51	10.37	-0.09	0.25	678k
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	44.77	-0.09	0.38	3.39	-0.50	-1.16	13.54	5m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	44.37	-0.09	0.99	3.86	-0.49	-1.56	13.75	5m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	42.88	5.50	8.44	-6.86	-0.23	10.87	-7.26	7m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	42.51	-0.64	-1.43	4.07	0.42	-0.50	9.59	345k
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	40.85	-0.18	-1.35	3.29	4.44	2.49	2.54	18m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	39.73	5.58	8.34	-6.94	-0.40	10.67	-7.99	1m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	39.14	0.11	-1.94	2.00	7.92	-2.81	1.94	274k
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	28.69	-0.89	0.60	5.04	0.96	-2.40	6.25	530k
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	27.50	-2.89	-4.79	2.09	5.47	-4.75	6.01	13m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	22.35	-2.24	-3.46	3.77	-1.01	-3.00	10.16	3m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	22.09	-2.52	-4.06	3.33	1.50	-3.79	7.49	69m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	20.31	0.46	-3.73	3.99	14.90	-10.72	-5.98	41m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	17.16	-2.74	-4.03	3.29	0.52	-4.50	6.54	15m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	17.09	-2.80	-4.02	3.65	0.61	-4.40	6.53	1b
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	16.83	-1.24	0.77	7.73	-0.27	-0.45	-0.48	5m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	14.90	-0.90	-2.10	-1.48	-5.74	3.75	9.57	1m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	13.45	-0.82	-4.00	5.42	6.21	-12.96	-0.30	4m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	13.16	-0.04	1.68	1.62	-4.24	-6.32	8.47	2m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	12.16	-2.38	-4.68	2.70	3.53	-7.15	0.59	377m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	10.93	-2.38	-4.24	4.55	2.78	-6.83	0.13	10m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	10.42	-1.51	-0.91	5.73	-3.87	-4.06	3.52	678k
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	8.19	-2.13	-2.91	3.71	-3.07	-7.24	1.30	20m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	8.04	-2.15	-6.02	3.03	4.38	-18.19	-3.43	4m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	7.52	-0.86	-4.56	3.51	3.95	-16.18	-5.53	138m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	6.97	-1.30	-2.29	5.38	-9.60	-6.30	2.70	91m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	6.52	-5.33	-7.87	6.85	-1.31	-13.04	3.03	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	6.45	-5.29	-7.97	6.73	-1.30	-13.11	2.92	28m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	5.19	0.18	3.66	-4.37	-15.13	0.43	-8.37	37m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	2.82	-1.21	-3.30	-2.14	-12.22	-16.73	-16.28	676k
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	2.00	2.18	-7.42	-18.29	11.65	-24.38	-55.53	16m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.93	1.30	-1.95	-12.74	-1.14	-20.74	-43.14	3m

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	01/31	01/24	01/16	01/08	12/31	12/23	12/16	12/09	12/02	11/22	11/15	11/08	11/01
UGL	96.5	94.9	95.2	95.4	93.0	92.3	94.0	93.0	93.2	97.1	94.6	96.3	98.7
DBA	93.3	89.8	88.2	92.0	92.9	88.8	82.6	77.4	61.1	65.3	78.7	47.6	55.8
IAU	88.2	83.7	85.5	87.7	84.0	82.0	80.0	72.3	70.3	88.4	77.2	79.4	93.2
GLD	88.1	83.1	85.2	87.4	83.7	81.6	79.9	71.7	70.0	88.4	76.9	78.7	93.0
DBP	86.4	79.7	86.3	86.2	82.0	79.2	76.6	73.2	66.7	86.3	73.6	79.2	93.8
UNG	84.1	94.0	97.9	56.2	36.6	8.1	2.8	2.4	2.4	3.2	1.7	1.8	1.6
SPY	82.2	81.8	81.2	82.8	84.7	84.9	82.4	78.9	77.7	75.2	81.8	79.1	81.9
AGQ	81.1	40.0	75.7	57.5	14.5	44.0	65.6	94.2	74.7	92.0	76.6	95.9	99.1
GDXJ	78.4	61.2	60.4	67.4	38.1	50.6	68.5	87.6	70.0	88.8	67.1	93.1	97.0
GDX	71.8	48.3	46.5	44.0	18.5	27.9	51.9	65.2	53.8	77.7	50.4	85.3	94.8
NLR	67.2	87.3	57.2	58.9	47.0	64.1	79.1	87.0	93.0	94.4	90.0	88.3	92.8
SLV	64.2	48.4	65.7	62.0	46.5	57.8	63.2	82.5	62.1	76.9	68.8	85.8	95.7
DJP	62.5	58.6	75.5	43.9	37.4	31.9	29.3	36.0	13.9	28.7	12.5	11.1	18.9
USO	58.8	55.8	84.5	45.4	45.6	23.7	22.3	23.2	8.7	10.6	5.7	5.9	6.7
GSG	55.6	54.4	72.2	42.9	41.7	29.7	25.9	28.9	10.7	14.8	8.9	6.5	7.8
DBO	54.4	51.1	79.6	39.3	40.4	20.0	15.3	11.8	6.4	9.0	4.8	4.9	5.2
DBE	49.0	49.2	71.8	31.1	31.2	16.8	12.2	9.0	5.9	8.0	5.1	4.4	4.6
FIW	44.8	40.1	41.5	33.6	35.3	37.2	50.6	59.2	57.6	55.5	53.4	56.4	56.2
PHO	44.4	35.9	38.3	32.1	33.7	36.5	49.8	59.9	57.1	56.1	53.7	58.7	57.2
ERY	42.9	7.3	5.7	62.8	85.4	86.9	22.5	3.3	2.7	2.3	3.3	2.9	5.5
CUT	42.5	47.8	23.9	15.5	17.7	16.2	27.5	41.6	39.1	40.9	39.1	46.1	50.3
DBC	40.8	41.7	54.4	27.8	27.0	18.5	14.5	13.5	8.1	12.3	8.2	6.5	7.3
DUG	39.7	7.0	5.3	61.1	84.2	86.4	20.5	3.1	2.5	2.2	3.2	2.8	5.4
USL	39.1	39.2	54.9	34.7	34.0	18.7	16.3	14.9	7.6	10.0	5.7	5.6	6.1
PIO	28.7	22.5	15.2	11.5	11.5	12.7	14.1	31.7	30.3	25.5	22.5	33.9	32.8
FCG	27.5	55.4	78.5	41.6	25.5	9.7	13.0	29.3	35.3	44.3	17.0	13.0	5.3
IGE	22.3	47.2	55.9	36.3	22.6	19.2	39.2	53.4	57.4	66.5	58.1	52.9	36.5
VDE	22.1	50.6	68.5	36.3	24.5	16.7	30.5	48.7	55.5	61.2	51.1	41.3	14.1
UCO	20.3	18.6	56.6	10.4	10.7	4.6	5.8	5.7	3.7	3.3	2.0	3.1	3.0
IYE	17.2	45.2	62.7	29.6	19.5	14.0	28.4	47.6	54.9	62.6	54.6	44.1	21.9
XLE	17.1	45.1	60.8	28.1	18.7	13.2	23.1	45.8	53.6	62.2	56.2	44.1	21.6
MOO	16.8	13.3	10.4	6.1	5.7	6.5	7.5	8.3	9.9	10.0	7.2	7.1	11.2
DBB	14.9	37.0	45.4	26.4	33.5	46.5	48.4	55.9	48.4	40.0	47.0	51.2	58.9
IEZ	13.5	37.9	42.7	11.7	6.9	4.1	8.8	15.8	38.2	32.5	8.4	7.9	3.7
CGW	13.2	8.4	10.7	10.0	16.6	15.8	36.4	44.6	46.6	43.7	41.9	44.1	37.3
XOP	12.2	39.8	62.3	22.6	13.5	6.7	10.1	27.9	39.6	47.8	16.8	11.7	4.9
IEO	10.9	30.7	51.1	14.7	8.1	5.4	8.2	24.4	35.7	47.0	26.0	14.9	5.6
HAP	10.4	11.8	14.2	7.4	6.7	7.2	9.5	26.4	27.8	24.9	13.2	26.3	28.0
IXC	8.2	12.3	27.4	11.5	8.4	6.9	12.0	33.6	36.5	45.0	37.4	27.2	13.5
XES	8.0	33.5	46.1	11.4	7.0	3.6	6.0	8.7	26.0	16.9	5.1	5.9	3.3
OIH	7.5	15.0	27.1	8.5	5.6	3.3	6.0	8.2	18.7	14.9	6.0	6.1	3.2
XME	7.0	10.7	12.6	9.1	7.2	11.1	51.4	82.7	84.7	86.0	76.1	89.9	72.6
DIG	6.5	39.0	65.6	8.2	5.1	3.5	9.2	51.7	65.4	84.7	64.7	53.4	9.1
ERX	6.4	38.4	65.0	8.2	5.0	3.4	9.1	52.3	65.7	84.5	64.4	53.2	8.6
SCO	5.2	4.3	3.4	20.9	21.5	47.6	10.4	4.7	8.5	13.1	60.2	12.5	7.5
PBD	2.8	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	3.7	3.4	2.7	2.2	3.7	6.1
ZSL	2.0	3.6	1.7	2.7	6.1	3.5	1.8	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.4
GLL	1.9	2.0	2.5	3.0	4.4	3.7	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.6	2.2	1.8	1.0