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	97.79	0.97	8.34	5.26	55.68	37.95	37.83	47m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	96.73	1.86	3.94	9.47	35.35	45.08	29.88	82m
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	96.55	-0.56	0.72	-3.27	3.72	45.26	69.34	34m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	95.20	-1.08	-1.13	-4.11	6.02	45.61	44.69	253m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	94.37	2.77	3.47	12.70	37.36	26.83	16.42	119m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	92.49	-1.12	-1.27	-4.31	1.41	41.08	36.60	968m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	91.70	0.70	2.67	4.90	17.82	27.39	23.62	758m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	89.34	-0.24	0.46	-1.32	3.31	24.60	37.59	425m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	89.11	-0.22	0.45	-1.34	3.29	24.52	37.42	3b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	88.70	-0.03	0.79	-0.02	5.66	23.54	33.54	666k
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	76.99	1.90	0.98	7.53	29.13	18.74	-5.91	232k
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	70.65	0.61	0.35	4.21	16.82	7.88	12.19	44b
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	63.14	0.80	-0.94	1.17	11.66	17.38	8.23	1m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	60.70	0.51	-1.09	1.38	12.20	13.06	7.04	299k
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	54.77	-0.12	-1.75	-0.45	11.80	11.90	5.97	240k
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	51.54	0.04	-2.42	-3.16	11.32	10.16	6.66	6m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	49.66	1.42	-1.07	2.70	13.48	6.45	5.61	3m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	46.77	1.33	-1.70	2.33	12.40	6.04	5.96	4m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	42.30	0.53	1.46	-0.72	4.99	4.04	10.61	4m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	39.41	1.26	1.98	-0.46	13.14	-0.86	0.65	816k
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	33.86	0.81	1.22	-0.49	7.66	0.81	2.47	20m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	33.71	0.76	1.16	-1.48	7.55	-0.83	3.00	18m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	31.46	0.43	-1.88	-0.64	9.92	-0.33	0.10	3m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	29.69	1.29	1.02	-3.09	14.56	-6.75	-4.94	906m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	26.95	0.77	-0.69	2.54	7.35	1.84	-0.29	1m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	25.38	1.96	-2.32	-2.92	20.82	-9.57	-11.64	454m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	22.97	0.25	-1.65	-0.67	10.41	-0.57	-4.72	21m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	22.75	-0.39	0.04	-5.12	-1.38	-3.30	10.70	8m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	20.46	0.72	-2.24	-1.49	10.75	-5.14	-3.73	70m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	20.38	1.36	-2.55	-2.19	15.81	-6.78	-9.62	9m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	15.09	0.63	-2.27	-0.90	9.96	-5.19	-4.39	40m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	14.56	0.62	-2.33	-1.34	9.63	-5.00	-4.11	2b
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	9.01	1.47	1.55	-2.82	10.23	-10.28	-8.73	8m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	8.97	1.87	-1.43	-4.95	14.36	-12.09	-13.27	10m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	8.56	0.95	0.99	-2.81	9.38	-8.41	-10.13	409k
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	7.81	0.20	-2.61	1.44	4.85	-3.30	-5.70	87k
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	5.67	1.17	-4.76	-2.55	17.93	-15.06	-18.02	30m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	5.63	1.11	-4.85	-2.65	17.84	-15.21	-18.03	3m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	5.56	-0.63	6.44	-7.54	-9.56	-15.00	8.43	106m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	5.29	-2.45	-2.62	3.73	-20.93	9.01	7.19	63m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	4.02	2.46	2.68	-6.28	17.10	-20.15	-27.74	98m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	3.79	-1.15	4.81	0.50	-18.50	-1.05	-1.65	2m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	3.68	-1.27	4.91	0.46	-18.62	-2.15	-2.39	6m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	3.49	1.30	-5.58	-3.95	12.25	-17.83	-26.80	120m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	3.38	1.28	-4.77	-3.50	9.26	-17.81	-24.98	8m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	3.08	1.91	-5.91	-5.70	14.37	-23.26	-32.10	4m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.24	0.60	-0.68	3.25	-7.47	-35.12	-45.37	12m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	0.75	-1.85	-4.59	-10.00	-29.57	-40.81	-43.75	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	07/17	07/10	07/02	06/25	06/17	06/10	06/03	05/27	05/19	05/12	05/05	04/28	04/21
NLR	97.8	96.2	98.1	98.5	98.7	97.2	96.7	97.0	69.2	29.4	19.6	26.8	12.4
AGQ	96.7	96.2	93.4	94.9	96.7	96.3	89.7	67.1	22.0	77.5	48.8	94.1	88.3
UGL	96.5	97.2	98.4	99.4	99.7	99.6	99.7	99.6	99.7	99.9	99.7	99.7	99.7
GDXJ	95.2	97.4	98.4	98.8	99.4	99.1	99.6	98.9	99.0	98.7	99.4	99.6	99.4
XME	94.4	93.8	93.3	85.3	90.0	78.3	64.6	42.7	14.5	11.3	17.9	19.1	13.6
GDX	92.5	96.1	97.5	98.2	98.8	98.2	99.3	98.6	98.4	98.0	99.2	99.5	99.2
SLV	91.7	87.1	89.6	92.5	94.7	92.3	88.6	81.0	73.7	86.7	82.8	94.0	93.5
IAU	89.3	90.3	94.8	96.5	97.2	96.8	97.9	97.6	97.8	98.1	98.7	99.1	98.8
GLD	89.1	90.2	94.6	96.4	97.1	96.7	97.8	97.5	97.7	98.0	98.6	99.1	98.7
DBP	88.7	88.8	93.1	95.5	96.7	95.9	96.8	96.7	96.8	97.3	97.8	98.7	98.4
PBD	77.0	74.4	63.5	40.4	14.7	29.5	15.1	13.0	13.7	16.9	9.9	7.8	6.0
SPY	70.6	67.9	67.6	65.7	66.6	67.8	65.1	61.3	59.4	61.5	43.3	36.5	28.8
CGW	63.1	68.6	76.0	77.5	71.3	69.1	77.1	78.5	79.9	74.3	79.3	77.0	65.9
PIO	60.7	70.6	72.8	72.1	65.7	65.0	67.4	72.2	72.8	75.8	74.0	55.6	43.9
HAP	54.8	67.4	65.5	61.1	74.1	55.8	59.2	53.7	54.5	46.3	44.7	50.5	52.6
MOO	51.5	67.3	73.1	71.0	80.1	57.7	68.7	69.9	75.0	70.8	62.1	42.0	47.5
PHO	49.7	59.8	57.1	54.5	42.3	50.7	50.6	42.5	38.4	31.8	27.0	21.5	25.5
FIW	46.8	60.4	56.3	53.3	40.9	50.0	49.4	40.4	41.0	34.8	29.3	23.2	31.5
DJP	42.3	34.5	38.6	48.6	80.4	49.7	55.7	55.5	42.1	70.2	74.1	84.0	87.8
DBE	39.4	31.2	31.6	21.4	88.5	30.1	14.6	11.0	10.3	11.0	7.9	16.5	29.5
DBC	33.9	28.6	30.4	27.4	74.3	32.1	23.1	17.9	15.9	18.4	17.1	34.0	52.4
GSG	33.7	29.2	31.7	30.1	80.5	40.9	29.9	21.1	18.9	19.4	17.0	34.6	52.0
IGE	31.5	40.5	30.8	19.1	49.1	32.5	22.7	15.3	13.6	14.8	17.0	22.2	25.6
USO	29.7	29.1	15.0	14.3	91.5	24.2	8.8	6.3	5.9	4.9	3.8	7.2	15.1
DBB	27.0	28.1	23.2	16.2	11.9	10.5	15.4	16.5	15.4	20.1	20.6	31.3	37.0
XOP	25.4	36.0	7.9	7.9	39.5	9.6	6.0	5.1	4.7	4.7	3.9	3.7	4.5
IXC	23.0	31.2	11.0	11.0	33.0	15.0	12.5	8.8	9.3	10.4	11.0	16.0	18.7
DBA	22.7	26.9	24.9	40.0	56.3	60.6	66.8	79.1	87.2	83.9	83.9	88.4	91.5
VDE	20.5	32.6	9.8	11.4	40.9	12.7	9.6	7.5	8.6	9.7	9.3	13.2	12.8
IEO	20.4	34.2	9.4	8.7	34.2	10.0	7.1	5.6	6.4	6.0	5.8	6.4	5.6
IYE	15.1	31.0	8.8	8.7	25.0	10.6	8.2	6.8	8.2	9.2	9.2	13.5	12.8
XLE	14.6	30.8	8.1	8.2	28.0	10.0	7.8	6.5	7.9	8.9	8.9	12.9	13.3
DBO	9.0	7.8	6.2	6.2	71.7	10.1	6.4	5.5	5.3	4.7	3.9	6.9	12.1
FCG	9.0	27.2	6.1	7.7	38.9	10.9	6.8	5.3	5.0	5.2	4.5	5.2	5.0
USL	8.6	7.6	5.2	5.8	59.7	8.7	6.0	5.3	5.1	4.5	4.1	6.9	13.9
CUT	7.8	26.1	10.1	6.2	5.3	7.1	6.8	9.6	11.5	10.3	8.3	13.1	22.6
ERX	5.7	30.9	3.1	2.8	6.7	2.8	2.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.6
DIG	5.6	31.3	3.1	2.7	6.6	2.8	2.4	2.1	2.4	2.6	2.2	2.7	2.7
UNG	5.6	2.7	2.7	3.6	16.0	4.1	19.4	13.3	6.1	96.9	97.5	92.3	86.1
SCO	5.3	4.0	17.2	47.2	2.4	20.7	82.5	94.4	96.7	97.4	99.6	98.0	98.5
UCO	4.0	3.9	2.5	2.1	61.1	3.1	2.2	1.8	1.6	1.5	0.9	1.6	3.2
DUG	3.8	2.3	6.8	18.6	5.4	13.3	63.6	86.3	84.5	77.0	91.1	91.8	98.1
ERY	3.7	2.3	6.7	18.4	4.3	11.3	57.2	84.3	81.9	73.5	89.5	90.7	98.0
OIH	3.5	10.9	3.2	2.3	5.0	3.7	2.6	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.7	3.1
IEZ	3.4	8.2	3.3	2.5	4.9	3.9	2.8	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.1	3.6
XES	3.1	6.6	2.8	1.9	4.0	3.0	2.4	1.6	1.4	1.7	1.3	1.3	2.0
GLL	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.3
ZSL	0.8	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.0	2.3	4.6	2.2	5.2