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
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	99.78	1.84	14.01	30.28	75.55	72.29	32.44	184m
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	99.45	0.12	3.85	2.61	17.87	29.29	67.52	30m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	98.52	1.27	6.80	0.87	10.44	22.97	53.28	221m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	98.00	0.68	4.83	1.46	11.75	14.14	46.99	753m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	97.75	-1.36	7.96	-0.67	6.06	24.26	58.06	69m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	97.52	0.07	1.93	1.65	10.06	16.56	36.29	415m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	97.38	0.05	1.94	1.61	10.03	16.47	36.11	2b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	97.01	-0.14	2.39	1.32	9.11	16.25	36.16	858k
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	94.75	-0.34	4.52	0.82	4.63	15.23	36.55	514m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	93.39	0.49	2.01	1.11	9.95	14.76	14.42	3m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	92.65	0.80	0.04	-4.92	4.33	13.47	24.31	13m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	84.22	-3.14	8.02	6.24	15.16	-1.40	-3.51	6m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	82.15	-3.24	7.99	6.02	14.99	-1.74	-4.24	1m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	80.08	-0.91	2.78	3.32	1.34	7.61	17.94	2m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	77.20	1.01	-0.59	-2.13	3.71	8.51	4.50	11m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	75.79	0.97	-1.21	-0.84	4.62	8.83	0.57	449k
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	75.61	0.87	-0.23	-0.50	4.01	7.49	5.10	29m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	67.59	0.56	-3.07	-4.68	-4.63	4.85	14.62	32b
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	48.04	-2.41	7.81	9.97	5.31	-6.05	3.38	19m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	34.29	1.41	1.65	1.74	-0.91	0.88	6.08	580k
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	29.23	1.35	-4.16	-5.26	-1.30	3.56	-1.85	197m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	28.90	1.15	1.15	1.75	-1.37	1.74	0.93	648k
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	26.87	1.95	2.63	3.04	-3.92	-1.48	7.60	2m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	26.24	1.27	2.03	2.09	-0.31	-1.52	0.34	5m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	25.17	1.21	0.08	-1.01	-5.94	0.23	6.85	5m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	25.06	1.35	1.21	-0.47	-3.15	-0.88	5.86	180k
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	22.95	1.26	-4.09	-5.09	-2.00	2.65	-2.41	4m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	21.66	1.21	-0.25	-0.49	-6.91	-0.65	5.70	5m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	19.84	1.71	-3.92	-3.10	-6.72	1.27	4.01	1b
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	19.77	1.40	-3.38	-4.61	-2.79	1.12	-3.29	223k
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	18.14	1.08	-3.21	-4.46	-8.30	0.14	5.74	2m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	17.15	1.63	-4.23	-4.49	-8.09	0.94	3.31	44m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	16.96	1.72	-3.96	-3.70	-7.92	0.56	3.32	13m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	12.82	1.48	-2.67	-2.33	-6.91	-3.34	0.31	27m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	7.02	0.20	-4.49	-17.43	-17.54	5.21	2.95	24m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	6.13	3.47	-7.80	-6.79	-15.11	-2.34	-1.95	2m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	6.06	1.88	-5.67	-7.58	-10.75	-4.83	-7.54	7m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	5.99	2.38	-7.69	-10.10	-7.06	-2.97	-16.62	45m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	5.76	3.24	-8.12	-7.08	-15.42	-2.65	-2.38	21m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	5.54	-0.67	-3.60	-8.15	-18.09	0.72	-0.61	104m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	5.47	3.25	-4.26	-10.46	-12.23	-4.22	-9.30	3m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	5.10	1.43	-6.70	-10.25	-12.09	-4.51	-8.29	11m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	4.62	2.22	2.40	1.41	-4.68	-11.14	-14.52	586k
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	3.99	1.71	-6.38	-10.51	-14.31	-6.08	-11.26	453m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	3.95	3.35	-3.93	-10.30	-13.81	-7.07	-13.74	159m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	2.25	3.31	-6.17	-14.65	-18.62	-13.38	-15.91	6m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.15	-0.14	-3.77	-3.00	-15.94	-24.06	-42.28	8m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	1.00	1.35	-7.86	-0.69	-11.40	-30.35	-55.19	14m

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	03/07	02/28	02/21	02/13	02/06	01/30	01/23	01/15	01/07	12/30	12/20	12/13	12/06
UNG	99.8	99.6	99.7	97.6	94.0	77.7	95.5	96.8	18.9	78.0	8.8	3.0	2.3
UGL	99.4	99.5	99.4	98.7	97.0	97.0	94.7	94.7	93.4	92.8	94.8	93.3	91.2
GDXJ	98.5	96.3	94.5	96.9	92.8	82.7	63.0	60.0	57.7	38.6	56.7	67.1	79.0
GDX	98.0	96.2	94.1	96.5	89.8	75.2	49.6	44.0	34.0	21.2	32.5	51.4	58.0
AGQ	97.7	89.5	93.9	97.1	93.9	88.2	45.0	68.5	39.0	26.7	56.6	62.4	88.7
IAU	97.5	97.2	96.1	94.8	87.9	87.5	82.7	85.9	83.0	84.5	85.1	77.2	68.0
GLD	97.4	96.9	96.0	94.7	87.7	87.2	82.5	85.5	82.7	84.0	85.0	76.7	67.7
DBP	97.0	95.7	94.9	94.5	87.3	87.4	79.3	86.3	81.0	82.5	82.5	73.5	67.8
SLV	94.8	86.5	88.1	89.7	82.9	68.3	51.8	61.9	53.7	57.4	65.1	60.5	71.6
DJP	93.4	83.0	89.3	85.2	67.0	63.2	64.2	76.7	35.6	40.7	33.5	34.5	29.9
DBA	92.6	90.0	94.0	95.3	91.2	93.3	89.0	92.2	91.7	90.4	89.8	81.4	72.8
ERY	84.2	30.8	28.2	34.0	10.4	14.1	5.2	15.6	74.7	87.4	88.5	5.8	3.4
DUG	82.2	27.8	23.9	31.6	10.0	12.7	5.1	13.8	72.9	86.3	88.1	5.5	3.3
DBB	80.1	29.5	56.6	49.6	35.6	18.1	42.3	39.6	22.5	44.3	53.6	50.2	54.4
GSG	77.2	56.0	68.4	67.8	49.8	55.7	56.8	75.5	35.2	44.8	38.7	37.3	16.5
DBE	75.8	53.3	65.6	53.2	34.1	47.1	54.9	71.8	21.9	36.3	18.3	17.6	6.9
DBC	75.6	51.3	66.8	56.0	36.8	42.0	47.1	56.0	21.3	28.8	20.4	19.1	10.3
SPY	67.6	81.1	80.7	80.4	80.8	81.6	82.6	82.8	83.3	84.8	83.8	81.9	80.2
SCO	48.0	22.4	7.7	5.4	6.2	4.5	3.5	3.6	27.4	19.7	39.7	5.2	5.9
HAP	34.3	17.2	17.2	18.5	11.6	11.6	13.1	12.4	7.0	6.7	7.1	11.9	14.4
USO	29.2	32.3	42.0	47.8	36.3	56.1	61.2	87.2	36.0	50.1	26.7	38.6	10.7
PIO	28.9	20.6	13.4	16.7	23.5	32.5	19.9	14.7	15.4	11.1	11.6	14.7	34.4
CGW	26.9	13.4	8.9	11.3	11.9	11.2	8.8	9.9	13.0	17.4	21.1	38.0	46.6
MOO	26.2	13.8	12.4	8.6	7.9	16.5	15.6	10.3	6.0	5.4	6.4	9.9	7.1
FIW	25.2	18.5	12.5	14.2	35.0	41.1	43.8	35.7	36.6	33.2	35.9	51.1	58.3
CUT	25.1	16.2	20.2	33.2	38.8	35.7	40.3	22.0	18.3	16.4	15.7	30.3	41.9
DBO	22.9	28.5	26.3	40.6	22.6	51.2	54.8	82.5	31.0	42.7	22.4	27.1	8.2
PHO	21.7	17.8	11.3	13.3	32.9	42.2	40.9	34.7	32.3	31.6	35.4	50.7	59.3
XLE	19.8	28.8	20.2	17.9	26.4	28.7	51.6	52.1	20.9	19.3	11.7	43.1	45.9
USL	19.8	20.7	21.1	30.8	17.7	37.5	46.6	58.0	25.5	37.9	20.3	28.4	9.5
IGE	18.1	23.3	18.7	36.3	39.8	35.5	50.4	50.9	27.7	23.2	17.5	48.7	53.2
VDE	17.1	24.8	19.9	19.6	32.6	36.4	55.2	58.5	27.2	24.2	14.3	46.4	48.6
IYE	17.0	23.8	17.5	15.5	26.0	29.3	51.8	53.5	22.8	19.8	12.1	45.3	47.4
IXC	12.8	13.7	9.9	9.7	9.3	9.3	17.6	21.6	9.3	8.8	6.6	23.2	28.9
NLR	7.0	8.9	23.6	84.8	75.7	71.2	87.7	54.3	74.9	61.7	64.6	82.6	92.2
DIG	6.1	12.0	7.8	6.7	9.8	11.1	51.5	41.1	5.6	4.8	3.3	39.7	51.0
IEO	6.1	10.1	8.9	8.5	12.7	13.6	43.4	38.7	9.2	8.2	4.8	15.1	17.7
UCO	6.0	8.0	8.2	11.9	7.5	17.6	41.3	56.8	6.9	13.9	5.3	9.6	4.4
ERX	5.8	12.3	7.6	6.8	9.2	10.7	51.8	40.3	5.7	4.7	3.3	39.4	50.0
XME	5.5	6.4	6.2	17.3	20.1	8.1	10.2	11.9	9.7	6.9	13.8	58.5	75.7
IEZ	5.5	6.6	7.2	9.3	24.7	10.6	37.2	27.6	10.7	7.5	4.1	14.1	12.3
FCG	5.1	9.7	13.4	21.6	38.7	45.6	61.7	67.5	30.4	25.2	7.8	32.0	23.9
PBD	4.6	3.3	4.3	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.3	2.7	3.6	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.5
XOP	4.0	6.5	8.1	9.2	15.8	15.0	48.8	52.8	14.7	13.2	5.8	23.4	18.5
OIH	4.0	4.6	5.0	6.0	9.0	6.5	15.7	18.9	8.1	5.9	3.4	9.4	7.3
XES	2.3	3.3	3.8	5.1	8.6	8.6	35.0	34.9	11.2	7.2	3.5	9.5	7.8
GLL	1.1	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.7	1.7	2.1	3.0	3.4	4.4	2.8	2.1	2.1
ZSL	1.0	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.3	2.0	3.7	4.9	2.5	1.8	1.3