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	99.70	1.16	-0.54	-1.23	28.29	40.34	79.04	68m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.51	-0.11	2.22	6.48	33.48	37.04	48.53	352m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	98.77	-0.14	1.70	3.71	27.42	32.89	44.27	1b
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	97.95	0.60	-0.08	-0.16	15.39	22.44	41.75	543m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	97.80	0.59	-0.07	-0.15	15.36	22.32	41.54	3b
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	97.09	2.28	2.54	-2.65	19.77	19.35	21.03	31m
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	96.90	0.61	-0.21	0.13	12.87	18.53	33.39	1m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	96.23	-2.39	10.94	22.05	23.55	1.73	13.01	19m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	91.68	-1.30	0.01	1.22	8.15	26.00	9.26	1m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	89.81	-1.28	-0.12	0.94	7.10	24.74	8.63	6m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	82.42	1.07	-0.69	1.58	6.69	6.43	9.23	403m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	78.61	1.03	1.13	4.63	10.54	4.20	5.23	2m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	70.96	-0.56	-4.01	-1.52	-0.90	4.32	12.11	8m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	70.03	2.31	-1.63	1.93	6.30	3.52	-0.96	59m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	68.05	0.11	0.40	5.00	6.14	4.43	2.76	3m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	67.08	-0.07	0.40	4.22	5.82	4.25	1.92	481k
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	62.78	0.39	1.23	6.45	0.85	-0.92	12.15	37b
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	51.51	0.34	0.19	2.83	4.28	1.39	-1.24	204k
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	47.14	-0.11	-1.80	-1.20	-2.54	4.31	-0.18	2m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	35.05	0.62	1.04	5.11	2.39	-3.32	0.90	5m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	32.14	0.43	0.66	4.91	2.21	-4.08	1.42	3m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	25.49	-0.89	2.58	6.07	4.76	-12.02	-4.31	92m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	17.17	-0.33	-1.30	0.38	-4.79	-1.02	-4.32	10m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	15.01	-0.52	-1.68	0.38	-5.10	-1.76	-5.77	21m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	14.45	-0.27	-0.16	0.65	-3.04	-2.90	-8.36	832k
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	13.44	0.41	0.53	1.17	-2.33	-10.65	-2.96	3m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	12.65	0.09	-0.72	6.44	3.25	-0.71	-19.06	252k
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	10.19	-0.99	-5.50	-5.27	-23.35	11.74	-15.93	120m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	8.81	0.20	-0.69	2.20	-4.80	-8.49	-8.11	97k
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	8.29	-1.33	-2.00	0.53	-8.79	-4.69	-7.59	393k
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	7.95	0.53	0.21	0.71	-3.98	-11.28	-8.52	12m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	6.91	0.63	0.40	0.09	-7.00	-14.56	-7.13	46m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	6.16	0.62	0.18	-0.25	-7.45	-14.95	-8.01	24m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	6.08	0.75	0.26	-0.57	-8.20	-14.72	-7.73	1b
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	5.19	0.59	-0.39	2.82	-6.55	-15.77	-14.16	7m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	5.04	-1.03	-0.59	2.03	-10.75	-9.51	-10.83	338m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	4.89	0.09	0.27	3.91	-7.38	-15.67	-15.19	7m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	4.74	0.45	0.31	6.38	-6.48	-17.97	-16.83	450m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	4.48	-1.27	-1.32	0.33	-11.15	-11.54	-14.05	234k
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	4.44	-1.50	-1.50	0.48	-11.96	-11.21	-13.61	2m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	2.46	-2.16	1.57	-2.84	-14.51	-17.48	-30.12	10m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	2.31	1.04	1.91	2.54	-16.35	-25.17	-25.23	3m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	2.02	1.14	2.33	2.71	-16.25	-26.48	-28.36	118m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	1.90	1.30	0.32	-1.76	-19.30	-32.14	-24.53	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	1.87	1.20	0.04	-1.91	-19.58	-32.34	-24.87	16m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	1.61	0.76	3.56	3.39	-17.37	-29.37	-32.22	2m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	1.46	-2.66	-2.89	0.20	-22.99	-24.58	-33.82	53m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	0.90	-1.07	0.45	-0.63	-25.80	-32.95	-48.17	46m

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	05/29	05/21	05/14	05/07	04/30	04/23	04/15	04/08	04/01	03/25	03/18	03/11	03/04
UGL	99.7	99.7	99.3	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	98.9	99.7	99.7	99.6	99.5	99.6
GDXJ	99.5	98.9	98.1	99.6	99.5	99.3	99.5	97.0	99.5	99.5	99.1	98.5	97.4
GDX	98.8	98.7	96.7	99.1	99.3	99.3	99.5	97.3	99.4	99.4	98.9	98.3	97.2
IAU	97.9	98.0	97.4	98.6	99.0	98.8	98.9	97.6	98.8	97.8	97.8	97.9	98.1
GLD	97.8	97.9	97.3	98.4	98.9	98.8	98.8	97.4	98.6	97.6	97.7	97.7	98.0
SCO	97.1	96.9	96.1	98.4	99.6	98.5	99.4	99.3	25.9	30.9	80.4	81.6	62.5
DBP	96.9	97.3	96.0	97.8	98.4	98.1	98.3	96.8	98.3	97.1	97.5	97.4	97.5
NLR	96.2	75.3	57.4	34.9	18.7	9.1	14.3	8.1	8.2	21.4	22.5	9.3	9.8
DUG	91.7	96.0	58.1	92.1	96.8	96.7	98.6	98.8	4.3	2.4	8.8	84.6	91.4
ERY	89.8	95.5	50.5	91.0	96.5	96.5	98.4	98.7	4.1	2.3	9.2	85.8	91.9
SLV	82.4	83.9	77.1	85.7	90.5	94.0	93.1	80.1	96.5	95.5	95.7	95.8	94.0
CGW	78.6	79.9	68.3	78.1	83.0	73.1	72.3	56.0	43.5	23.1	31.8	29.3	18.9
DBA	71.0	89.3	83.3	84.5	84.2	88.9	86.8	89.5	91.7	87.1	89.4	93.7	90.1
AGQ	70.0	64.9	29.9	74.9	80.3	91.1	82.8	31.0	99.2	99.0	98.6	97.6	97.1
MOO	68.0	75.2	65.8	60.7	45.9	48.2	38.4	34.5	36.2	29.0	43.7	33.6	14.8
PIO	67.1	72.7	71.0	76.2	74.5	47.0	49.0	35.8	28.4	33.6	35.3	25.2	22.6
SPY	62.8	50.8	61.8	43.6	36.7	31.5	36.2	31.7	35.4	56.8	36.1	42.3	73.6
HAP	51.5	52.1	49.6	46.9	41.9	51.8	40.7	37.4	82.1	79.9	77.2	50.3	18.3
DJP	47.1	66.6	63.4	75.1	74.0	83.3	78.4	76.4	94.2	90.9	92.0	94.3	91.5
FIW	35.1	36.2	27.5	25.9	30.1	30.4	28.6	35.2	26.8	18.0	24.7	26.7	19.0
PHO	32.1	37.4	25.1	25.3	28.4	25.3	25.7	33.9	23.5	15.1	20.5	22.2	17.5
XME	25.5	15.7	11.8	17.0	14.7	14.2	12.9	10.3	14.8	34.1	23.1	7.1	5.1
GSG	17.2	25.4	20.6	19.6	19.3	44.6	27.0	46.3	85.8	73.8	75.8	86.2	67.5
DBC	15.0	23.8	20.4	19.3	20.0	43.0	27.7	50.7	85.1	73.2	76.8	86.0	67.3
DBB	14.4	16.8	25.0	18.3	19.9	38.6	26.7	45.1	51.1	83.9	83.6	89.0	49.5
IGE	13.4	12.5	15.7	17.4	17.1	21.3	17.0	25.6	86.5	84.6	71.7	28.2	15.8
PBD	12.7	16.0	24.5	9.3	7.3	6.2	5.8	4.4	3.3	4.1	7.4	5.0	3.6
UNG	10.2	22.3	90.2	97.5	94.2	65.4	93.7	96.8	99.2	98.9	99.4	99.8	99.9
CUT	8.8	12.3	11.9	7.6	11.4	17.9	17.1	18.5	15.8	12.2	23.6	23.5	17.6
DBE	8.3	14.0	14.2	10.5	9.9	21.9	12.6	30.1	85.9	64.2	67.9	85.7	75.8
IXC	8.0	8.8	11.1	11.2	11.9	17.0	10.3	20.9	87.5	83.6	66.9	21.5	11.2
VDE	6.9	6.5	11.6	9.5	9.2	13.2	8.2	20.3	89.2	86.7	75.6	29.3	16.2
IYE	6.2	6.2	11.4	8.9	9.3	13.4	8.4	20.6	88.5	85.6	70.3	28.8	15.7
XLE	6.1	5.8	10.3	8.7	9.4	13.6	8.8	22.8	90.3	87.5	79.2	36.6	18.1
IEO	5.2	4.9	9.1	5.7	5.1	5.9	4.5	7.1	68.3	59.8	28.8	13.0	6.4
USO	5.0	7.2	5.7	4.7	4.5	11.0	6.0	10.2	75.0	26.3	27.9	42.8	27.8
FCG	4.9	4.4	7.4	5.1	3.8	4.9	4.0	5.7	52.6	69.0	29.3	12.8	6.3
XOP	4.7	4.2	6.4	4.1	2.9	4.2	3.0	5.0	26.7	21.3	15.2	6.8	4.6
USL	4.5	5.6	5.3	4.9	4.7	9.5	6.3	11.0	45.9	16.7	19.3	26.2	20.2
DBO	4.4	6.1	5.5	4.8	4.4	5.9	5.9	12.0	51.6	21.2	24.8	32.8	24.7
ZSL	2.5	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.9	5.0	64.1	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	1.5
IEZ	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.8	3.9	18.3	12.0	8.5	6.2	4.4
OIH	2.0	1.8	2.2	1.9	1.6	2.1	2.3	3.3	11.1	6.9	6.1	4.1	3.4
DIG	1.9	1.7	3.1	2.2	2.0	2.8	2.2	3.8	94.3	94.2	75.3	10.7	5.3
ERX	1.9	1.7	3.1	2.2	2.0	2.7	2.2	3.9	94.3	93.5	75.2	10.5	5.2
XES	1.6	1.4	1.9	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	2.0	5.4	3.8	3.8	2.6	2.2
UCO	1.5	2.0	1.7	1.2	0.9	2.3	1.6	2.5	17.1	5.2	5.1	6.7	6.4
GLL	0.9	0.9	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.5	5.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.3