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
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	99.67	1.66	15.35	19.15	60.65	50.79	49.56	153m
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	99.41	-0.31	-0.57	11.48	22.63	28.98	88.68	29m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	96.08	-0.09	0.20	6.46	12.38	16.59	44.58	332m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	96.01	-0.09	0.16	6.41	12.30	16.47	44.42	2b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	94.90	-0.32	-0.30	5.72	10.82	15.22	43.73	696k
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	94.46	-4.04	-4.15	6.99	9.17	8.18	59.37	223m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	94.05	-3.41	-4.02	8.71	11.50	4.50	52.94	742m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	93.98	-1.33	-2.27	1.21	9.95	17.24	30.35	11m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	93.94	-2.69	-0.33	9.72	7.11	14.68	69.84	86m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	89.29	-0.98	0.83	3.86	11.93	15.33	18.89	3m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	88.07	-1.20	0.44	5.49	4.26	10.12	40.44	661m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	80.72	-1.71	-1.61	-1.07	2.00	7.71	21.91	25b
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	68.42	-1.69	-0.44	-0.53	7.43	8.61	8.10	13m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	66.83	-1.39	1.03	1.43	6.94	8.50	8.94	20m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	65.61	-2.06	0.98	-1.02	8.24	7.25	5.27	561k
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	56.56	-0.76	1.72	2.04	2.97	5.51	19.00	959k
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	42.00	-3.10	-1.36	-6.32	4.55	2.06	4.05	198m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	28.22	4.22	-2.43	1.72	10.27	-6.62	-14.36	6m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	26.27	-3.01	-1.46	-6.21	3.66	1.34	1.76	4m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	23.86	3.89	-2.61	1.56	10.02	-6.72	-15.07	974k
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	23.61	-3.65	-8.74	-10.74	-8.60	12.50	17.30	33m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	21.06	-2.80	-0.98	-4.21	2.60	0.81	1.78	226k
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	20.21	-0.94	-0.82	-0.79	-1.07	0.17	8.45	229k
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	20.17	-2.08	1.36	-0.93	-4.48	4.25	10.80	1b
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	19.91	-2.19	0.96	-1.98	-4.42	4.10	10.92	48m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	18.66	-2.43	-1.15	-2.15	-4.82	2.14	13.03	3m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	17.47	-2.20	1.18	-1.34	-4.88	3.41	10.27	14m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	17.18	-1.36	0.24	1.93	0.19	-0.59	6.97	445k
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	13.41	-3.36	-0.24	-5.58	-2.45	1.49	6.92	10m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	13.37	-1.14	-1.14	-0.44	0.03	-1.98	2.32	680k
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	12.49	-1.19	-1.46	-2.87	-3.88	-1.93	7.42	5m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	12.45	-0.31	1.23	0.13	0.60	-1.86	-1.35	5m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	11.34	-1.43	-1.91	-3.09	-4.50	-2.78	6.19	5m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	9.86	-1.85	0.42	-0.27	-5.31	-1.75	5.66	20m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	8.94	-3.15	0.88	-2.80	-5.30	0.24	3.57	7m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	8.87	-0.82	-1.34	1.58	-4.51	-4.87	5.27	2m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	8.16	-5.88	-2.45	-9.25	3.68	-4.41	-7.10	40m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	8.05	-3.14	-0.20	-5.02	-5.19	0.27	1.87	416m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	7.83	-4.15	2.33	-2.77	-10.94	3.16	11.11	2m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	7.72	5.86	2.23	9.41	-5.46	-5.56	-6.96	23m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	7.61	-4.07	2.25	-2.58	-10.97	3.13	10.91	21m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	7.20	-2.86	-2.79	-5.20	-3.86	-1.77	-0.08	3m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	6.24	-4.23	-6.29	-2.93	-11.57	0.39	6.31	103m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	4.95	-2.94	-3.27	-6.24	-5.73	-5.25	-5.41	147m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	4.29	-1.02	1.39	1.48	-0.21	-11.43	-14.38	645k
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	3.80	-3.21	-4.04	-9.78	-6.74	-8.68	-5.50	5m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	1.22	2.77	0.41	-10.12	-11.75	-24.70	-58.02	20m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	0.96	0.28	0.49	-10.66	-19.40	-23.73	-48.63	7m

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	02/21	02/13	02/06	01/30	01/23	01/15	01/07	12/30	12/20	12/13	12/06	11/29	11/21
UNG	99.7	97.6	94.0	77.7	95.5	96.8	18.9	78.0	8.8	3.0	2.3	3.9	4.9
UGL	99.4	98.7	97.0	97.0	94.7	94.7	93.4	92.8	94.8	93.3	91.2	95.0	96.6
IAU	96.1	94.8	87.9	87.5	82.7	85.9	83.0	84.5	85.1	77.2	68.0	79.7	87.4
GLD	96.0	94.7	87.7	87.2	82.5	85.5	82.7	84.0	85.0	76.7	67.7	78.5	87.0
DBP	94.9	94.5	87.3	87.4	79.3	86.3	81.0	82.5	82.5	73.5	67.8	73.8	84.1
GDXJ	94.5	96.9	92.8	82.7	63.0	60.0	57.7	38.6	56.7	67.1	79.0	76.6	89.9
GDX	94.1	96.5	89.8	75.2	49.6	44.0	34.0	21.2	32.5	51.4	58.0	61.7	78.5
DBA	94.0	95.3	91.2	93.3	89.0	92.2	91.7	90.4	89.8	81.4	72.8	66.8	67.1
AGQ	93.9	97.1	93.9	88.2	45.0	68.5	39.0	26.7	56.6	62.4	88.7	81.7	87.9
DJP	89.3	85.2	67.0	63.2	64.2	76.7	35.6	40.7	33.5	34.5	29.9	20.4	32.9
SLV	88.1	89.7	82.9	68.3	51.8	61.9	53.7	57.4	65.1	60.5	71.6	64.8	71.6
SPY	80.7	80.4	80.8	81.6	82.6	82.8	83.3	84.8	83.8	81.9	80.2	77.0	77.6
GSG	68.4	67.8	49.8	55.7	56.8	75.5	35.2	44.8	38.7	37.3	16.5	10.2	17.5
DBC	66.8	56.0	36.8	42.0	47.1	56.0	21.3	28.8	20.4	19.1	10.3	8.1	15.2
DBE	65.6	53.2	34.1	47.1	54.9	71.8	21.9	36.3	18.3	17.6	6.9	5.6	9.7
DBB	56.6	49.6	35.6	18.1	42.3	39.6	22.5	44.3	53.6	50.2	54.4	45.5	43.2
USO	42.0	47.8	36.3	56.1	61.2	87.2	36.0	50.1	26.7	38.6	10.7	6.1	11.3
ERY	28.2	34.0	10.4	14.1	5.2	15.6	74.7	87.4	88.5	5.8	3.4	2.9	2.2
DBO	26.3	40.6	22.6	51.2	54.8	82.5	31.0	42.7	22.4	27.1	8.2	5.8	8.9
DUG	23.9	31.6	10.0	12.7	5.1	13.8	72.9	86.3	88.1	5.5	3.3	2.8	2.2
NLR	23.6	84.8	75.7	71.2	87.7	54.3	74.9	61.7	64.6	82.6	92.2	93.7	94.9
USL	21.1	30.8	17.7	37.5	46.6	58.0	25.5	37.9	20.3	28.4	9.5	6.2	10.2
CUT	20.2	33.2	38.8	35.7	40.3	22.0	18.3	16.4	15.7	30.3	41.9	40.3	38.4
XLE	20.2	17.9	26.4	28.7	51.6	52.1	20.9	19.3	11.7	43.1	45.9	53.2	65.1
VDE	19.9	19.6	32.6	36.4	55.2	58.5	27.2	24.2	14.3	46.4	48.6	51.9	62.7
IGE	18.7	36.3	39.8	35.5	50.4	50.9	27.7	23.2	17.5	48.7	53.2	57.5	68.7
IYE	17.5	15.5	26.0	29.3	51.8	53.5	22.8	19.8	12.1	45.3	47.4	53.8	64.6
HAP	17.2	18.5	11.6	11.6	13.1	12.4	7.0	6.7	7.1	11.9	14.4	20.2	24.3
FCG	13.4	21.6	38.7	45.6	61.7	67.5	30.4	25.2	7.8	32.0	23.9	34.0	45.0
PIO	13.4	16.7	23.5	32.5	19.9	14.7	15.4	11.1	11.6	14.7	34.4	22.4	20.1
FIW	12.5	14.2	35.0	41.1	43.8	35.7	36.6	33.2	35.9	51.1	58.3	56.4	55.0
MOO	12.4	8.6	7.9	16.5	15.6	10.3	6.0	5.4	6.4	9.9	7.1	9.4	9.2
PHO	11.3	13.3	32.9	42.2	40.9	34.7	32.3	31.6	35.4	50.7	59.3	57.7	54.9
IXC	9.9	9.7	9.3	9.3	17.6	21.6	9.3	8.8	6.6	23.2	28.9	34.2	47.5
IEO	8.9	8.5	12.7	13.6	43.4	38.7	9.2	8.2	4.8	15.1	17.7	32.6	46.0
CGW	8.9	11.3	11.9	11.2	8.8	9.9	13.0	17.4	21.1	38.0	46.6	46.3	42.4
UCO	8.2	11.9	7.5	17.6	41.3	56.8	6.9	13.9	5.3	9.6	4.4	2.7	3.5
XOP	8.1	9.2	15.8	15.0	48.8	52.8	14.7	13.2	5.8	23.4	18.5	35.5	45.9
DIG	7.8	6.7	9.8	11.1	51.5	41.1	5.6	4.8	3.3	39.7	51.0	62.6	88.6
SCO	7.7	5.4	6.2	4.5	3.5	3.6	27.4	19.7	39.7	5.2	5.9	34.8	13.0
ERX	7.6	6.8	9.2	10.7	51.8	40.3	5.7	4.7	3.3	39.4	50.0	62.5	88.5
IEZ	7.2	9.3	24.7	10.6	37.2	27.6	10.7	7.5	4.1	14.1	12.3	17.7	29.3
XME	6.2	17.3	20.1	8.1	10.2	11.9	9.7	6.9	13.8	58.5	75.7	83.0	88.5
OIH	5.0	6.0	9.0	6.5	15.7	18.9	8.1	5.9	3.4	9.4	7.3	10.0	12.7
PBD	4.3	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.3	2.7	3.6	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.5	3.1	2.7
XES	3.8	5.1	8.6	8.6	35.0	34.9	11.2	7.2	3.5	9.5	7.8	10.0	13.4
ZSL	1.2	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.3	2.0	3.7	4.9	2.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.3
GLL	1.0	1.0	1.7	1.7	2.1	3.0	3.4	4.4	2.8	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.6