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

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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	99.74	-4.03	4.46	20.99	28.67	36.31	79.36	102m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.11	-1.51	5.43	22.61	20.63	25.40	51.62	396m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	98.81	-1.89	3.56	17.78	18.84	23.94	44.56	1b
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	98.40	-2.00	2.43	10.71	15.68	20.58	41.84	638m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	98.21	-1.97	2.41	10.69	15.64	20.49	41.56	4b
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	97.84	-5.26	-4.23	-7.99	23.36	21.44	25.87	32m
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	97.73	-1.53	2.07	10.73	11.93	15.97	35.81	2m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	96.61	-0.55	4.33	-1.15	1.01	38.36	12.52	133m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	87.65	-2.43	-1.81	-14.87	7.16	8.47	15.95	2m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	86.38	0.15	1.09	6.49	-2.78	10.54	17.79	9m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	84.93	-2.60	-1.88	-15.04	6.05	7.37	15.44	9m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	84.38	-0.10	0.24	8.55	0.27	-0.57	17.51	624m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	78.98	0.58	0.56	14.56	6.34	2.99	3.33	3m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	76.75	0.59	1.73	18.16	3.68	4.01	1.12	448k
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	74.78	0.42	1.05	5.92	-1.92	5.23	3.67	2m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	72.81	1.23	1.49	16.28	4.26	0.51	-0.51	3m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	68.15	-0.23	-0.36	16.67	-6.76	-10.09	13.50	76m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	47.62	0.28	0.99	13.08	1.41	-1.76	-3.14	355k
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	47.47	0.70	1.18	13.81	-6.80	-0.83	10.08	42b
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	36.68	-0.59	4.10	24.47	-7.23	-3.28	0.59	8m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	30.54	2.09	2.19	14.88	-1.68	-3.27	0.26	4m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	29.84	1.75	1.78	14.52	-1.99	-2.93	0.10	5m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	22.32	1.49	1.29	4.75	-5.83	-1.40	-4.04	13m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	20.68	1.30	1.40	3.97	-5.03	-2.86	-5.53	32m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	18.30	0.77	2.48	18.73	-4.57	-8.82	-4.83	86m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	18.19	0.97	1.05	5.46	-4.92	-7.51	-7.11	1m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	18.01	0.76	1.29	10.57	-5.27	-5.54	-5.08	4m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	12.54	2.36	1.68	3.98	-7.67	-4.26	-8.42	457k
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	11.42	0.94	0.72	8.22	-5.11	-8.01	-11.43	15m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	11.05	1.44	1.36	7.85	-7.64	-7.21	-9.54	56m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	10.12	1.43	1.21	7.46	-7.61	-8.06	-10.02	29m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	10.04	2.11	4.44	23.93	-0.39	-12.15	-18.07	348k
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	9.90	1.32	1.00	6.76	-7.86	-8.12	-10.35	1b
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	7.85	1.70	1.77	8.82	-10.09	-10.90	-8.16	179k
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	6.29	2.21	2.05	12.21	-9.70	-8.48	-18.56	8m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	5.51	2.93	2.83	12.44	-12.07	-8.02	-19.09	8m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	5.25	3.29	1.67	3.57	-13.06	-11.70	-13.30	374m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	5.17	2.73	1.89	2.65	-12.73	-11.85	-14.91	4m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	5.13	2.85	2.22	3.36	-12.31	-12.05	-15.12	435k
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	4.80	3.27	3.82	14.81	-12.63	-10.66	-21.64	447m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	3.46	0.19	-0.06	-16.10	-2.65	-5.89	-40.41	13m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	2.72	2.75	2.04	12.19	-18.71	-21.02	-28.54	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	2.64	2.66	1.94	11.77	-18.63	-21.21	-28.82	19m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	2.46	2.47	2.05	11.10	-20.72	-16.62	-26.79	3m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	2.23	2.89	2.13	11.50	-20.80	-18.86	-29.85	133m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	1.64	3.42	1.72	14.40	-23.71	-22.10	-33.25	4m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	1.49	5.21	3.59	4.99	-25.38	-25.93	-35.71	56m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	0.78	3.91	-5.02	-20.17	-25.65	-30.90	-48.04	65m

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	05/08	05/01	04/24	04/16	04/09	04/02	03/26	03/19	03/12	03/05	02/26	02/19	02/11
UGL	99.7	99.8	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.7	99.6	99.5	99.5	99.6	99.6	99.2	98.5
GDXJ	99.1	99.2	99.6	99.5	99.4	99.5	99.5	99.2	98.9	97.9	96.9	96.0	95.5
GDX	98.8	99.1	99.4	99.4	99.3	99.5	99.4	99.0	98.5	97.4	96.6	95.7	94.0
IAU	98.4	98.8	98.9	98.8	98.9	98.6	97.9	97.8	97.9	97.1	97.1	94.9	93.5
GLD	98.2	98.7	98.8	98.7	98.7	98.6	97.8	97.7	97.8	96.9	97.0	94.9	93.4
SCO	97.8	99.6	98.0	99.1	99.4	24.8	30.4	81.5	29.6	84.3	23.1	4.1	5.0
DBP	97.7	97.6	98.5	98.3	98.4	98.4	97.5	97.4	97.7	96.7	96.4	94.3	92.7
UNG	96.6	97.3	48.3	92.5	99.2	98.5	98.2	99.6	99.7	99.8	99.6	99.6	97.6
DUG	87.6	96.8	95.3	98.3	97.3	3.9	2.9	4.5	67.3	95.1	73.1	11.1	12.4
DBA	86.4	86.1	90.0	90.5	92.5	91.7	85.7	86.9	93.4	90.4	93.3	94.6	93.4
ERY	84.9	96.6	94.9	98.1	97.1	3.6	2.7	4.7	72.5	95.2	76.1	11.2	12.8
SLV	84.4	87.9	94.5	92.3	86.7	97.0	95.9	95.7	96.5	94.8	89.8	89.0	86.0
CGW	79.0	81.6	78.4	66.6	48.5	51.2	28.3	28.5	26.2	18.6	11.1	8.9	12.1
PIO	76.7	64.1	56.6	43.2	34.6	29.6	31.1	36.0	26.0	22.4	16.7	14.1	20.5
DJP	74.8	77.9	84.3	85.2	85.0	93.6	91.6	92.2	94.6	91.3	88.3	89.5	80.8
MOO	72.8	40.3	48.7	43.2	29.6	33.0	34.6	40.6	27.4	16.6	13.0	11.9	10.3
AGQ	68.2	50.6	94.4	73.6	23.0	99.4	99.1	98.2	98.6	97.7	94.0	96.4	93.2
HAP	47.6	36.2	54.6	48.8	34.5	79.9	80.9	78.1	53.7	19.6	15.4	22.2	14.2
SPY	47.5	39.9	32.5	31.9	48.7	37.8	43.7	39.4	45.0	70.1	80.2	80.3	80.7
NLR	36.7	17.8	10.2	16.4	8.8	7.7	13.8	29.5	12.4	8.4	13.0	69.4	80.0
PHO	30.5	27.5	28.2	26.6	30.6	26.6	18.0	18.6	17.5	17.6	14.0	14.2	18.7
FIW	29.8	30.2	32.9	29.4	32.3	31.4	21.9	23.9	21.5	19.4	16.6	15.9	22.3
GSG	22.3	24.3	43.5	40.5	31.5	83.6	74.2	74.6	88.1	58.7	58.5	74.1	64.0
DBC	20.7	24.3	42.6	41.5	30.7	82.8	75.9	76.0	86.7	61.1	54.3	71.1	53.1
XME	18.3	14.3	17.5	16.6	10.9	13.7	34.8	25.5	9.1	5.8	6.1	12.0	13.6
DBB	18.2	23.1	43.1	35.5	23.9	43.6	83.6	82.0	90.4	72.5	40.1	59.6	41.5
IGE	18.0	16.7	22.3	23.5	21.2	86.1	84.3	76.4	38.4	13.2	13.8	35.6	42.1
DBE	12.5	14.8	19.4	18.6	15.2	83.8	72.5	67.2	87.6	56.6	44.3	72.0	57.4
IXC	11.4	12.2	16.1	15.6	14.3	86.5	85.5	72.4	26.5	7.8	8.5	10.1	12.9
VDE	11.0	9.4	12.5	12.1	15.9	87.9	88.0	79.6	36.9	9.4	12.9	29.8	38.5
IYE	10.1	9.3	13.0	12.4	16.3	87.6	86.3	76.4	35.5	9.3	12.4	25.2	32.2
PBD	10.0	6.8	6.0	5.7	3.3	3.0	3.7	6.6	5.1	4.0	5.2	4.2	2.6
XLE	9.9	9.2	13.5	12.7	17.8	89.1	88.7	83.4	45.4	10.9	13.4	28.9	34.4
CUT	7.8	8.6	16.2	18.7	13.0	14.7	14.1	20.0	20.3	19.6	16.9	34.4	19.5
IEO	6.3	5.7	5.7	5.1	6.6	63.0	66.7	35.3	18.1	4.7	6.8	12.6	19.4
FCG	5.5	4.3	4.7	5.0	5.5	44.3	69.2	48.3	18.9	4.8	7.7	37.6	48.3
USO	5.2	5.6	9.9	8.0	6.9	68.0	39.7	18.9	75.5	19.2	20.1	53.8	52.8
DBO	5.2	5.5	8.6	7.5	11.7	42.0	28.6	16.8	61.7	17.2	16.4	45.6	45.3
USL	5.1	5.5	8.4	8.4	6.5	34.1	24.6	13.3	43.6	14.4	13.8	38.8	39.2
XOP	4.8	3.5	3.7	4.0	4.5	21.8	24.6	20.7	9.0	3.7	5.6	13.4	23.0
ZSL	3.5	5.8	2.6	6.2	10.1	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.0	1.3
DIG	2.7	2.2	2.7	2.8	3.8	93.8	93.8	85.4	15.5	3.2	5.0	10.2	13.4
ERX	2.6	2.2	2.6	2.7	3.8	93.5	93.6	85.0	15.2	3.3	4.9	9.5	13.6
IEZ	2.5	2.3	2.4	3.4	3.7	14.1	12.5	9.2	8.1	3.8	4.6	8.8	14.0
OIH	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.7	3.0	8.4	7.8	6.3	5.1	2.7	3.4	5.9	8.4
XES	1.6	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3.8	3.3	1.6	2.7	5.0	7.1
UCO	1.5	1.2	2.2	2.2	1.7	12.0	6.8	3.9	14.4	4.1	5.2	25.2	16.3
GLL	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.4	2.0	0.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.2