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
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	99.70	1.15	16.98	14.16	40.05	39.36	69.59	70m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.52	1.25	24.69	11.47	37.34	30.41	53.83	311m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	99.48	1.02	21.76	13.37	39.12	27.65	51.43	1b
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	99.37	0.91	-7.77	15.16	37.86	28.94	40.99	33m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	98.89	0.58	8.22	7.63	20.60	21.49	37.56	516m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	98.81	0.52	8.20	7.61	20.54	21.31	37.30	4b
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	98.59	0.25	-9.15	21.76	21.41	24.40	31.75	2m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	98.41	0.30	-9.21	20.40	20.23	23.48	31.35	11m
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	98.33	0.60	8.73	4.85	16.93	17.30	31.94	4m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	93.73	-0.86	-5.03	-18.19	-6.01	17.30	16.59	128m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	93.06	0.10	8.36	-4.54	8.13	2.12	14.75	789m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	86.76	-0.53	3.44	-2.68	-1.95	4.81	7.00	9m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	82.79	0.41	17.54	-13.35	7.19	-4.95	8.20	109m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	78.45	-0.07	5.06	-4.33	-0.90	2.57	3.11	3m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	72.29	0.27	8.24	-1.68	5.12	-6.88	4.75	3m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	48.96	-0.15	10.20	-4.02	0.77	-5.82	-3.00	515k
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	40.73	-0.18	9.17	-5.84	0.09	-7.76	-5.51	442k
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	38.39	-0.55	8.90	-5.38	-1.04	-8.15	-5.79	4m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	36.16	-0.28	8.28	-5.21	-7.66	-7.24	5.90	53b
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	28.64	-0.49	7.57	-5.17	-5.66	-10.55	-0.98	5m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	27.74	-0.24	3.62	-5.56	-6.36	-5.48	-7.23	49m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	27.04	-0.28	4.31	-5.31	-7.79	-4.45	-7.18	21m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	26.71	-0.78	4.00	-10.09	-5.13	-10.61	-3.64	2m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	25.70	-0.48	7.31	-4.76	-6.20	-11.04	-2.13	5m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	17.10	-0.68	7.19	-8.29	-7.77	-14.12	-8.04	142k
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	16.95	-0.10	6.86	-9.04	-9.33	-11.34	-9.21	5m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	14.28	-0.01	10.94	-5.77	-11.39	-13.85	-4.83	14m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	12.95	-0.28	11.49	-6.50	-7.66	-15.88	-11.10	98m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	12.57	-0.05	3.28	-7.32	-12.37	-8.56	-14.13	504k
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	10.35	-0.06	4.35	-11.19	-9.95	-14.86	-16.01	20m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	8.83	-0.15	3.41	-13.31	-13.34	-14.11	-15.72	2b
	iShares US Energy	IYE	8.42	-0.19	3.72	-12.81	-13.78	-14.22	-15.52	24m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	8.23	-0.14	3.73	-12.55	-14.35	-13.99	-15.43	77m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	6.31	-0.57	3.87	-8.55	-16.26	-14.78	-19.43	672k
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	6.05	-0.27	4.96	-8.57	-18.60	-14.21	-18.46	301m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	5.93	-0.40	3.47	-8.82	-18.61	-14.56	-18.54	6m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	5.82	0.68	12.91	-11.38	-8.05	-23.24	-22.82	388k
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	4.97	-0.43	-15.69	7.80	-15.95	-12.27	-37.96	16m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	4.45	-0.55	4.35	-15.55	-19.50	-19.54	-27.80	7m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	4.04	-0.05	5.73	-15.62	-23.12	-19.18	-25.01	10m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	3.00	-0.50	4.95	-17.42	-25.15	-23.50	-31.04	474m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	2.82	0.00	7.52	-17.76	-24.78	-24.81	-31.98	3m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	2.30	-0.15	6.89	-18.42	-26.79	-27.86	-35.75	138m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	2.19	-0.20	6.04	-26.46	-28.05	-30.87	-36.71	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	2.15	-0.35	5.74	-26.57	-27.97	-30.88	-36.88	23m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	1.56	-0.96	7.28	-16.87	-31.81	-30.32	-41.46	48m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.48	-1.17	-15.24	-13.50	-29.88	-30.50	-43.71	23m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	1.45	-0.19	6.96	-19.67	-32.90	-32.99	-39.18	4m

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	04/15	04/08	04/01	03/25	03/18	03/11	03/04	02/25	02/18	02/10	02/03	01/27	01/17
UGL	99.7	98.9	99.7	99.7	99.6	99.5	99.6	99.6	99.2	98.3	96.7	96.3	94.8
GDXJ	99.5	97.0	99.5	99.5	99.1	98.5	97.4	96.8	96.7	95.8	86.3	58.0	62.0
GDX	99.5	97.3	99.4	99.4	98.9	98.3	97.2	96.2	96.2	94.6	81.2	49.1	47.8
SCO	99.4	99.3	25.9	30.9	80.4	81.6	62.5	12.8	4.0	5.0	5.1	6.6	3.0
IAU	98.9	97.6	98.8	97.8	97.8	97.9	98.1	97.2	95.2	93.0	88.0	87.3	81.2
GLD	98.8	97.4	98.6	97.6	97.7	97.7	98.0	97.0	95.0	92.9	87.8	86.9	80.7
DUG	98.6	98.8	4.3	2.4	8.8	84.6	91.4	55.0	11.7	13.5	15.2	9.8	4.2
ERY	98.4	98.7	4.1	2.3	9.2	85.8	91.9	59.6	13.0	13.9	16.6	10.7	4.5
DBP	98.3	96.8	98.3	97.1	97.5	97.4	97.5	96.3	94.5	92.3	87.8	83.5	82.8
UNG	93.7	96.8	99.2	98.9	99.4	99.8	99.9	99.7	99.1	96.2	96.1	90.6	95.9
SLV	93.1	80.1	96.5	95.5	95.7	95.8	94.0	89.4	90.5	88.3	72.7	50.0	55.5
DBA	86.8	89.5	91.7	87.1	89.4	93.7	90.1	93.9	94.9	93.3	93.6	91.8	88.6
AGQ	82.8	31.0	99.2	99.0	98.6	97.6	97.1	93.4	97.5	95.8	90.1	38.6	56.3
DJP	78.4	76.4	94.2	90.9	92.0	94.3	91.5	89.5	88.0	81.7	71.7	53.1	69.8
CGW	72.3	56.0	43.5	23.1	31.8	29.3	18.9	11.4	10.9	9.2	11.6	11.3	11.2
PIO	49.0	35.8	28.4	33.6	35.3	25.2	22.6	16.3	16.3	13.7	27.6	22.9	15.8
HAP	40.7	37.4	82.1	79.9	77.2	50.3	18.3	16.7	30.4	14.5	11.2	11.5	15.3
MOO	38.4	34.5	36.2	29.0	43.7	33.6	14.8	16.1	12.9	8.9	13.4	15.8	11.4
SPY	36.2	31.7	35.4	56.8	36.1	42.3	73.6	79.8	79.4	79.7	81.9	83.0	82.6
FIW	28.6	35.2	26.8	18.0	24.7	26.7	19.0	16.8	14.3	16.2	44.7	45.1	44.0
DBC	27.7	50.7	85.1	73.2	76.8	86.0	67.3	61.4	66.6	50.9	47.6	27.8	52.6
GSG	27.0	46.3	85.8	73.8	75.8	86.2	67.5	63.6	73.1	64.3	60.8	48.8	69.1
DBB	26.7	45.1	51.1	83.9	83.6	89.0	49.5	46.8	57.5	54.5	30.8	26.6	49.6
PHO	25.7	33.9	23.5	15.1	20.5	22.2	17.5	14.4	13.2	13.7	41.1	44.1	40.0
CUT	17.1	18.5	15.8	12.2	23.6	23.5	17.6	19.7	40.9	21.8	39.2	48.1	31.7
IGE	17.0	25.6	86.5	84.6	71.7	28.2	15.8	14.0	38.9	41.0	34.4	37.6	57.5
NLR	14.3	8.1	8.2	21.4	22.5	9.3	9.8	11.9	78.3	86.9	71.3	46.3	52.5
XME	12.9	10.3	14.8	34.1	23.1	7.1	5.1	6.3	18.3	15.5	8.2	7.2	12.5
DBE	12.6	30.1	85.9	64.2	67.9	85.7	75.8	55.4	62.9	49.0	52.6	36.4	66.5
IXC	10.3	20.9	87.5	83.6	66.9	21.5	11.2	8.7	10.8	10.6	9.2	10.4	31.5
XLE	8.8	22.8	90.3	87.5	79.2	36.6	18.1	14.4	26.2	26.4	31.8	36.6	61.7
IYE	8.4	20.6	88.5	85.6	70.3	28.8	15.7	13.0	24.1	26.2	32.2	37.0	63.7
VDE	8.2	20.3	89.2	86.7	75.6	29.3	16.2	13.7	28.5	32.8	38.3	41.7	68.0
USL	6.3	11.0	45.9	16.7	19.3	26.2	20.2	15.3	37.9	31.6	39.0	20.2	54.5
USO	6.0	10.2	75.0	26.3	27.9	42.8	27.8	25.7	51.1	50.1	59.3	47.0	82.1
DBO	5.9	12.0	51.6	21.2	24.8	32.8	24.7	19.0	42.8	39.4	53.3	40.6	76.8
PBD	5.8	4.4	3.3	4.1	7.4	5.0	3.6	4.3	4.1	3.1	2.6	3.1	3.2
ZSL	5.0	64.1	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	3.5	2.4
IEO	4.5	7.1	68.3	59.8	28.8	13.0	6.4	7.3	10.1	12.2	14.5	16.2	49.9
FCG	4.0	5.7	52.6	69.0	29.3	12.8	6.3	8.2	31.7	43.5	37.3	42.9	73.0
XOP	3.0	5.0	26.7	21.3	15.2	6.8	4.6	6.1	11.7	15.4	14.8	19.0	57.8
IEZ	2.8	3.9	18.3	12.0	8.5	6.2	4.4	6.1	12.5	11.5	21.0	14.1	50.7
OIH	2.3	3.3	11.1	6.9	6.1	4.1	3.4	4.1	7.2	6.7	8.7	9.3	37.3
DIG	2.2	3.8	94.3	94.2	75.3	10.7	5.3	5.8	9.1	9.9	11.3	14.4	71.6
ERX	2.2	3.9	94.3	93.5	75.2	10.5	5.2	5.9	9.4	10.1	11.2	14.7	70.1
UCO	1.6	2.5	17.1	5.2	5.1	6.7	6.4	6.7	21.4	12.6	17.8	8.4	57.7
GLL	1.5	5.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	1.9	2.5
XES	1.4	2.0	5.4	3.8	3.8	2.6	2.2	3.5	6.2	6.1	8.5	11.7	47.7