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. ( ).

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	97.75	2.86	8.81	8.94	54.16	38.19	34.81	48m
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	97.15	1.08	1.84	-5.50	5.50	47.05	71.60	35m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	96.58	-0.04	8.20	7.80	33.42	45.08	26.49	82m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	96.13	-0.21	0.40	-5.25	8.52	52.28	45.47	252m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	93.99	0.39	0.62	-4.85	3.60	46.47	37.35	973m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	93.13	0.48	6.04	11.12	33.29	24.26	14.51	117m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	91.89	0.44	4.27	4.37	17.12	27.63	22.37	756m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	90.84	0.53	0.94	-2.52	4.16	25.59	38.37	437m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	90.73	0.50	0.90	-2.54	4.06	25.44	38.17	3b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	90.28	0.53	1.58	-1.22	6.32	24.30	33.84	662k
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	70.65	-0.08	-0.60	7.77	27.59	16.84	-10.16	234k
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	69.41	0.33	0.03	4.56	15.79	7.37	11.81	44b
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	62.95	0.29	-1.56	0.72	11.08	17.63	6.64	1m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	59.68	0.15	-1.42	1.16	11.45	13.23	5.63	287k
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	58.07	0.06	-0.92	0.18	11.73	13.00	5.47	249k
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	52.14	-0.37	-2.84	-1.66	10.66	10.36	6.27	7m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	44.93	0.26	-2.16	2.03	11.36	6.78	4.20	3m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	43.02	0.15	-2.53	1.71	10.38	6.10	4.71	4m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	39.75	0.54	1.41	-0.90	4.36	3.37	8.67	4m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	35.21	-0.26	-0.08	-1.90	11.67	-2.29	-0.97	881k
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	32.36	-0.60	-1.47	-1.78	9.35	0.45	0.70	4m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	30.33	0.13	0.09	-1.50	6.54	-0.04	0.90	23m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	29.80	0.31	-0.31	-2.43	6.44	-1.83	1.44	19m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	23.54	-0.42	-1.29	-3.06	10.08	0.05	-4.07	22m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	23.20	1.01	-0.19	-4.01	-1.52	-3.25	10.49	7m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	21.28	0.32	-0.73	3.08	5.70	1.22	-1.44	1m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	19.93	-0.94	-2.15	-2.42	9.81	-4.73	-2.84	72m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	19.63	-0.09	-2.26	-6.27	12.80	-8.56	-6.31	1b
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	13.89	-0.86	-2.19	-2.24	8.79	-4.57	-3.26	2b
	iShares US Energy	IYE	13.81	-0.93	-2.18	-2.45	9.06	-4.75	-3.76	42m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	13.55	-1.63	-3.04	-4.55	17.91	-10.69	-12.05	479m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	11.52	-1.35	-2.88	-4.38	13.63	-7.20	-9.45	10m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	8.37	0.59	2.45	7.40	-18.20	11.02	10.24	67m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	7.81	0.22	-1.54	1.80	3.93	-3.00	-5.55	86k
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	7.36	-1.03	-2.71	-7.34	12.20	-12.85	-13.62	10m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	6.76	-0.26	-1.09	-4.11	7.73	-8.94	-11.16	437k
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	6.46	-0.29	-1.45	-5.10	8.20	-12.10	-10.34	9m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	5.86	-1.73	-4.45	-4.26	16.30	-14.40	-16.27	3m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	5.59	-1.68	-4.40	-4.33	16.15	-14.52	-16.36	32m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	4.99	1.67	11.27	-3.42	-9.77	-13.28	1.94	104m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	3.83	1.65	4.66	2.25	-17.34	-1.97	-3.48	2m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	3.68	1.70	4.69	2.55	-17.33	-2.86	-4.14	6m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	3.53	-1.61	-6.02	-5.82	10.64	-18.16	-25.04	120m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	3.49	-1.38	-5.04	-5.88	7.87	-18.00	-23.03	8m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	3.30	-0.55	-2.60	-9.69	13.20	-21.50	-29.79	108m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	2.89	-1.96	-6.88	-8.01	12.01	-23.55	-30.72	4m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.16	-1.09	-1.85	5.57	-9.09	-36.03	-46.01	13m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	0.79	0.09	-8.45	-8.53	-28.56	-40.83	-42.24	9m

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	07/16	07/09	07/01	06/24	06/16	06/09	06/02	05/23	05/16	05/09	05/02	04/25	04/17
NLR	97.7	96.2	98.3	99.3	98.8	97.7	96.3	96.1	68.6	37.9	20.7	10.0	19.1
UGL	97.1	97.2	98.4	99.4	99.6	99.5	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.7	99.8	99.7	99.8
AGQ	96.6	94.3	87.6	93.7	93.9	97.3	90.6	54.6	44.5	82.5	27.3	85.9	74.2
GDXJ	96.1	97.4	98.4	99.3	99.1	99.6	99.7	99.1	98.8	99.1	99.1	99.5	99.5
GDX	94.0	95.6	97.5	98.4	98.6	98.5	99.4	98.8	98.2	98.9	98.6	99.3	99.4
XME	93.1	89.8	89.1	86.5	86.3	86.3	57.3	23.3	15.3	20.4	15.2	15.5	15.6
SLV	91.9	81.4	84.5	90.5	92.0	94.1	88.5	80.2	80.0	88.9	80.3	91.8	91.1
IAU	90.8	89.7	94.5	96.4	97.1	96.7	98.0	98.2	97.6	98.3	98.2	99.0	98.8
GLD	90.7	89.6	94.5	96.4	97.0	96.6	97.9	98.1	97.6	98.2	98.1	98.9	98.7
DBP	90.3	87.4	93.2	95.3	96.5	96.0	97.2	97.1	96.8	97.7	97.5	98.4	98.3
PBD	70.6	70.8	53.8	34.3	25.5	22.7	15.6	13.7	17.7	12.1	7.4	6.7	5.5
SPY	69.4	68.0	66.2	64.5	66.8	64.5	62.4	50.3	62.1	47.2	43.8	35.8	31.1
CGW	63.0	69.5	80.6	78.6	73.1	65.3	78.0	79.1	78.8	79.6	81.1	79.3	69.0
PIO	59.7	72.1	78.3	71.2	64.0	62.6	67.7	71.0	73.2	77.6	75.1	56.7	46.7
HAP	58.1	62.8	57.7	62.9	73.9	55.6	64.7	58.9	58.8	62.1	41.3	48.8	53.1
MOO	52.1	68.9	69.4	72.5	80.7	57.3	73.2	73.1	77.8	73.2	55.0	46.1	45.2
PHO	44.9	58.6	58.6	55.2	45.2	44.8	31.1	36.0	48.5	29.0	28.3	26.2	26.1
FIW	43.0	57.4	56.2	53.6	44.0	43.9	32.8	35.2	52.0	29.9	32.1	28.4	29.7
DJP	39.8	33.6	33.2	48.8	71.0	58.3	59.9	67.8	49.2	78.0	77.0	83.1	85.3
DBE	35.2	32.5	18.8	23.3	74.3	37.0	14.0	15.1	11.6	12.6	10.0	17.9	23.2
IGE	32.4	37.2	25.5	20.5	42.5	27.4	21.0	15.5	15.4	20.2	19.3	20.2	26.8
DBC	30.3	28.8	19.4	25.9	56.9	38.3	23.3	24.3	16.0	21.5	19.8	38.4	46.5
GSG	29.8	30.7	23.0	28.8	66.1	46.4	29.8	27.9	18.8	23.2	20.0	38.6	46.1
IXC	23.5	29.7	10.4	11.1	21.7	11.7	11.3	9.8	10.5	12.7	14.1	15.9	19.5
DBA	23.2	28.5	25.8	39.6	61.6	73.4	70.4	85.8	86.3	84.9	84.6	91.7	91.4
DBB	21.3	24.8	15.5	13.9	11.0	12.7	15.8	18.2	16.1	18.5	20.8	34.1	35.3
VDE	19.9	30.8	9.2	11.6	28.7	10.2	8.6	7.7	10.6	12.1	11.3	12.7	14.9
USO	19.6	32.3	11.7	12.0	75.7	36.4	9.9	8.2	5.6	5.2	4.2	8.8	11.7
XLE	13.9	29.0	7.4	8.4	18.5	7.8	7.5	6.7	9.8	10.8	10.9	13.1	15.4
IYE	13.8	29.2	8.0	8.9	16.7	8.1	7.7	7.1	10.3	11.2	11.3	12.9	15.1
XOP	13.6	31.5	7.3	9.4	25.3	8.2	5.5	4.7	5.4	5.0	4.0	3.7	4.4
IEO	11.5	30.5	8.3	9.7	21.5	8.4	6.6	5.4	7.7	7.0	6.4	5.6	5.8
SCO	8.4	4.4	35.3	41.0	3.6	16.0	86.9	95.8	96.0	97.5	99.5	97.9	98.5
CUT	7.8	19.8	7.9	6.9	5.9	7.4	7.5	10.6	9.4	8.4	9.2	13.3	19.6
FCG	7.4	21.2	6.1	9.9	28.2	10.6	6.5	5.0	5.6	5.9	5.1	4.7	5.3
USL	6.8	7.7	4.8	6.0	37.9	12.4	6.3	6.0	4.7	4.9	4.6	8.0	11.7
DBO	6.5	8.4	5.3	6.2	44.3	12.1	6.5	6.4	5.2	4.9	4.4	7.9	10.0
DIG	5.9	21.3	2.9	3.0	4.6	2.3	2.4	1.9	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.5	3.2
ERX	5.6	20.4	3.0	2.9	4.5	2.2	2.2	1.8	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.4	3.1
UNG	5.0	2.4	2.4	5.7	7.9	7.1	17.4	18.9	30.6	98.0	98.6	56.1	89.7
DUG	3.8	2.7	11.4	17.9	6.7	43.0	79.4	94.3	58.1	82.6	87.8	95.4	97.2
ERY	3.7	2.7	10.7	13.5	5.6	38.4	75.2	93.0	50.8	80.1	85.3	94.6	97.1
OIH	3.5	7.3	3.0	2.6	4.1	3.0	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.9
IEZ	3.5	6.3	3.1	2.7	3.9	3.2	2.7	2.2	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.3	3.9
UCO	3.3	3.8	2.3	2.4	14.7	3.9	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	2.7
XES	2.9	4.8	2.5	2.1	3.4	3.0	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.5	2.0
GLL	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.4
ZSL	0.8	1.1	1.6	1.3	1.2	0.9	1.4	3.1	3.1	2.8	5.8	3.6	5.6