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	-4.82	3.45	17.59	36.95	37.63	69.32	102m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.33	-2.81	-3.33	10.23	29.29	15.91	47.99	390m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	99.30	-2.99	-3.56	10.12	29.84	14.26	44.71	1b
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	98.81	-2.42	1.94	9.56	19.39	20.93	37.62	655m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	98.78	-2.40	1.97	9.52	19.35	20.85	37.38	5b
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	98.52	2.79	-3.93	15.61	30.82	8.33	27.37	34m
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	98.11	-1.51	2.08	7.30	15.96	15.91	32.02	3m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	96.70	0.31	-5.58	20.94	15.69	11.51	21.10	2m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	96.48	0.36	-5.60	19.45	14.64	10.63	20.72	12m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	93.99	3.59	3.91	2.00	8.95	-0.26	16.64	815m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	91.09	6.97	8.01	-1.07	9.74	-9.30	11.80	112m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	88.94	-0.04	3.18	1.09	-0.92	10.52	5.89	10m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	83.27	-0.44	1.15	-2.93	-0.68	6.53	3.86	3m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	73.14	0.14	2.12	1.96	4.24	-5.45	5.96	4m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	65.42	-0.32	-9.39	-23.86	-15.16	20.72	8.33	124m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	51.84	-0.28	1.88	-3.83	0.23	-5.64	-3.34	454k
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	48.20	0.43	2.46	-1.68	-1.25	-4.93	-2.87	4m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	46.98	0.45	1.17	-1.82	-2.25	-5.73	0.41	417k
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	44.64	-0.74	1.61	-4.63	-6.22	1.95	-4.76	21m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	43.01	-0.75	1.15	-4.82	-5.42	-0.32	-5.04	47m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	38.63	1.16	2.01	-7.35	-4.59	-7.45	-5.99	2m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	31.47	1.55	-0.41	-6.73	-11.71	-8.41	8.81	54b
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	30.43	0.70	1.46	-3.01	-7.15	-9.64	1.44	5m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	25.34	0.75	1.19	-3.15	-7.71	-10.58	0.10	5m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	21.89	-0.93	1.38	-7.50	-10.67	-0.24	-9.88	558k
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	21.34	-0.29	1.86	-8.85	-8.83	-8.79	-6.39	4m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	17.92	-0.05	1.48	-4.90	-9.62	-10.82	-4.91	149k
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	16.96	-0.48	3.04	-10.42	-7.76	-9.97	-12.60	21m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	14.21	2.44	1.86	-5.37	-8.39	-16.86	-8.70	94m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	13.62	-0.18	2.77	-12.50	-11.48	-9.32	-12.33	2b
	iShares US Energy	IYE	13.43	-0.35	2.68	-12.29	-11.65	-9.38	-12.12	29m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	13.21	-0.24	2.78	-12.52	-12.24	-9.04	-11.92	82m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	10.98	-1.90	2.36	-9.12	-15.39	-4.67	-13.70	346m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	9.50	-1.50	1.58	-9.27	-14.52	-7.09	-15.61	594k
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	9.09	2.72	2.13	-6.27	-19.17	-20.99	0.36	13m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	6.20	0.89	0.80	-6.98	-8.92	-20.21	-19.71	376k
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	5.94	-5.12	-2.24	-13.51	-19.22	-9.64	-17.86	6m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	5.90	0.59	4.54	-13.58	-15.93	-12.53	-22.40	7m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	4.94	-0.05	3.13	-15.99	-20.42	-12.73	-21.02	10m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	4.19	0.33	4.34	-15.78	-21.67	-16.73	-25.81	494m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	3.86	-6.61	-7.79	-5.70	-17.68	-7.62	-40.14	18m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	2.78	-0.58	4.98	-26.70	-25.15	-23.34	-31.79	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	2.75	-0.34	5.01	-26.56	-25.07	-23.33	-32.04	24m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	2.52	-2.21	-0.88	-19.90	-26.86	-20.86	-30.24	3m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	2.26	-2.88	3.10	-17.81	-28.66	-17.26	-35.65	50m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	2.12	-1.83	-0.27	-20.47	-27.93	-23.40	-33.89	143m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	1.45	-0.71	0.85	-21.29	-33.13	-28.09	-36.38	5m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.34	4.62	-4.39	-17.06	-29.17	-30.49	-44.21	50m

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	04/23	04/15	04/08	04/01	03/25	03/18	03/11	03/04	02/25	02/18	02/10	02/03	01/27
UGL	99.7	99.7	98.9	99.7	99.7	99.6	99.5	99.6	99.6	99.2	98.3	96.7	96.3
GDXJ	99.3	99.5	97.0	99.5	99.5	99.1	98.5	97.4	96.8	96.7	95.8	86.3	58.0
GDX	99.3	99.5	97.3	99.4	99.4	98.9	98.3	97.2	96.2	96.2	94.6	81.2	49.1
IAU	98.8	98.9	97.6	98.8	97.8	97.8	97.9	98.1	97.2	95.2	93.0	88.0	87.3
GLD	98.8	98.8	97.4	98.6	97.6	97.7	97.7	98.0	97.0	95.0	92.9	87.8	86.9
SCO	98.5	99.4	99.3	25.9	30.9	80.4	81.6	62.5	12.8	4.0	5.0	5.1	6.6
DBP	98.1	98.3	96.8	98.3	97.1	97.5	97.4	97.5	96.3	94.5	92.3	87.8	83.5
DUG	96.7	98.6	98.8	4.3	2.4	8.8	84.6	91.4	55.0	11.7	13.5	15.2	9.8
ERY	96.5	98.4	98.7	4.1	2.3	9.2	85.8	91.9	59.6	13.0	13.9	16.6	10.7
SLV	94.0	93.1	80.1	96.5	95.5	95.7	95.8	94.0	89.4	90.5	88.3	72.7	50.0
AGQ	91.1	82.8	31.0	99.2	99.0	98.6	97.6	97.1	93.4	97.5	95.8	90.1	38.6
DBA	88.9	86.8	89.5	91.7	87.1	89.4	93.7	90.1	93.9	94.9	93.3	93.6	91.8
DJP	83.3	78.4	76.4	94.2	90.9	92.0	94.3	91.5	89.5	88.0	81.7	71.7	53.1
CGW	73.1	72.3	56.0	43.5	23.1	31.8	29.3	18.9	11.4	10.9	9.2	11.6	11.3
UNG	65.4	93.7	96.8	99.2	98.9	99.4	99.8	99.9	99.7	99.1	96.2	96.1	90.6
HAP	51.8	40.7	37.4	82.1	79.9	77.2	50.3	18.3	16.7	30.4	14.5	11.2	11.5
MOO	48.2	38.4	34.5	36.2	29.0	43.7	33.6	14.8	16.1	12.9	8.9	13.4	15.8
PIO	47.0	49.0	35.8	28.4	33.6	35.3	25.2	22.6	16.3	16.3	13.7	27.6	22.9
GSG	44.6	27.0	46.3	85.8	73.8	75.8	86.2	67.5	63.6	73.1	64.3	60.8	48.8
DBC	43.0	27.7	50.7	85.1	73.2	76.8	86.0	67.3	61.4	66.6	50.9	47.6	27.8
DBB	38.6	26.7	45.1	51.1	83.9	83.6	89.0	49.5	46.8	57.5	54.5	30.8	26.6
SPY	31.5	36.2	31.7	35.4	56.8	36.1	42.3	73.6	79.8	79.4	79.7	81.9	83.0
FIW	30.4	28.6	35.2	26.8	18.0	24.7	26.7	19.0	16.8	14.3	16.2	44.7	45.1
PHO	25.3	25.7	33.9	23.5	15.1	20.5	22.2	17.5	14.4	13.2	13.7	41.1	44.1
DBE	21.9	12.6	30.1	85.9	64.2	67.9	85.7	75.8	55.4	62.9	49.0	52.6	36.4
IGE	21.3	17.0	25.6	86.5	84.6	71.7	28.2	15.8	14.0	38.9	41.0	34.4	37.6
CUT	17.9	17.1	18.5	15.8	12.2	23.6	23.5	17.6	19.7	40.9	21.8	39.2	48.1
IXC	17.0	10.3	20.9	87.5	83.6	66.9	21.5	11.2	8.7	10.8	10.6	9.2	10.4
XME	14.2	12.9	10.3	14.8	34.1	23.1	7.1	5.1	6.3	18.3	15.5	8.2	7.2
XLE	13.6	8.8	22.8	90.3	87.5	79.2	36.6	18.1	14.4	26.2	26.4	31.8	36.6
IYE	13.4	8.4	20.6	88.5	85.6	70.3	28.8	15.7	13.0	24.1	26.2	32.2	37.0
VDE	13.2	8.2	20.3	89.2	86.7	75.6	29.3	16.2	13.7	28.5	32.8	38.3	41.7
USO	11.0	6.0	10.2	75.0	26.3	27.9	42.8	27.8	25.7	51.1	50.1	59.3	47.0
USL	9.5	6.3	11.0	45.9	16.7	19.3	26.2	20.2	15.3	37.9	31.6	39.0	20.2
NLR	9.1	14.3	8.1	8.2	21.4	22.5	9.3	9.8	11.9	78.3	86.9	71.3	46.3
PBD	6.2	5.8	4.4	3.3	4.1	7.4	5.0	3.6	4.3	4.1	3.1	2.6	3.1
DBO	5.9	5.9	12.0	51.6	21.2	24.8	32.8	24.7	19.0	42.8	39.4	53.3	40.6
IEO	5.9	4.5	7.1	68.3	59.8	28.8	13.0	6.4	7.3	10.1	12.2	14.5	16.2
FCG	4.9	4.0	5.7	52.6	69.0	29.3	12.8	6.3	8.2	31.7	43.5	37.3	42.9
XOP	4.2	3.0	5.0	26.7	21.3	15.2	6.8	4.6	6.1	11.7	15.4	14.8	19.0
ZSL	3.9	5.0	64.1	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	3.5
DIG	2.8	2.2	3.8	94.3	94.2	75.3	10.7	5.3	5.8	9.1	9.9	11.3	14.4
ERX	2.7	2.2	3.9	94.3	93.5	75.2	10.5	5.2	5.9	9.4	10.1	11.2	14.7
IEZ	2.5	2.8	3.9	18.3	12.0	8.5	6.2	4.4	6.1	12.5	11.5	21.0	14.1
UCO	2.3	1.6	2.5	17.1	5.2	5.1	6.7	6.4	6.7	21.4	12.6	17.8	8.4
OIH	2.1	2.3	3.3	11.1	6.9	6.1	4.1	3.4	4.1	7.2	6.7	8.7	9.3
XES	1.4	1.4	2.0	5.4	3.8	3.8	2.6	2.2	3.5	6.2	6.1	8.5	11.7
GLL	1.3	1.5	5.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	1.9