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

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	99.28	-4.74	2.86	20.67	65.71	48.05	41.51	63m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	97.47	-1.37	0.40	12.06	21.48	20.10	58.85	4m
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	96.98	-4.12	-4.22	0.12	27.64	28.87	25.57	17m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	96.78	-2.37	1.81	10.64	31.25	26.55	28.08	814m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	96.74	-1.97	-0.86	7.07	35.83	24.54	16.62	274m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	95.37	-1.97	-2.55	4.92	30.35	20.92	11.60	885m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	94.97	-0.52	0.67	4.90	21.84	19.59	26.57	6m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	93.28	-1.18	0.05	6.00	12.21	19.49	34.88	200m
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	92.76	-1.99	-1.07	2.55	18.01	18.33	19.27	432k
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	89.10	-2.04	-2.00	0.48	14.41	16.49	17.77	309m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	88.74	-1.99	-1.96	0.50	14.37	16.39	17.60	2b
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	87.69	-1.28	-1.64	5.01	8.17	21.59	27.32	5m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	87.49	2.16	4.81	-7.20	11.15	16.12	24.19	22m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	86.12	-1.68	-1.83	3.80	5.90	21.28	27.98	6m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	85.24	-1.67	-1.97	5.75	9.67	19.47	20.15	2m
	JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN	AMJ	82.50	0.00	0.64	-0.04	3.26	14.09	31.76	15m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	81.21	-2.00	-5.23	-10.78	12.10	14.89	25.44	33m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	81.01	-0.73	-0.52	4.07	3.89	16.87	28.86	28b
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	79.24	-2.13	-5.56	-10.82	11.87	14.55	24.66	2m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	78.56	-1.33	-2.17	2.97	3.62	18.99	23.00	328k
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	78.40	-0.43	-0.61	5.92	9.30	13.99	17.92	49k
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	74.94	-1.00	-2.00	-1.97	9.78	12.24	20.16	9m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	66.37	-0.79	-1.65	-6.70	7.06	9.31	24.19	12m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	66.25	-1.20	-2.89	-0.61	9.36	9.28	26.18	7m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	64.76	-1.16	-1.76	1.44	9.48	10.58	13.63	2m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	62.23	-1.15	-1.80	-3.92	8.85	8.41	20.09	6m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	60.62	-0.66	-2.10	-3.79	7.44	8.49	17.60	16m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	59.17	-0.95	1.15	3.12	13.17	5.23	11.18	5m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	59.01	-0.98	-2.44	-4.64	7.31	9.42	18.75	60m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	57.72	-0.91	-2.57	-5.15	7.00	9.74	17.73	1b
	iShares US Energy	IYE	57.08	-0.99	-2.20	-4.36	7.47	9.40	16.81	29m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	56.48	-1.07	-1.56	-5.19	7.26	8.21	20.93	485m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	43.52	-1.30	-4.29	-10.02	5.97	-0.72	22.63	55m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	41.55	-0.45	-0.36	-1.91	5.94	4.34	14.39	10m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	38.09	-0.61	-2.14	-5.08	4.03	1.89	16.31	204k
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	37.81	-0.83	-3.45	-2.78	5.87	2.30	21.28	2m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	35.48	-0.56	-2.36	-6.52	3.52	2.65	14.77	245m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	32.78	-0.51	-0.47	-0.64	7.45	0.49	7.40	21m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	32.30	-0.83	-3.38	-3.26	4.59	1.26	20.02	93m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	25.74	-0.59	-2.08	-4.51	3.94	-1.53	10.35	4m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	17.58	-2.09	10.73	40.11	32.28	-14.60	-26.89	145m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	8.89	-0.55	-1.60	-4.52	2.15	-4.48	5.37	363k
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	6.11	-1.39	-2.15	1.62	0.08	1.02	-7.48	5m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	5.99	-2.04	-0.76	7.84	7.25	0.87	-20.12	401k
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	2.74	1.17	4.34	10.82	-6.63	-5.46	-32.36	33m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	2.49	1.95	5.44	11.55	-10.79	-13.82	-24.52	7m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	2.41	2.18	5.45	11.79	-10.53	-14.24	-25.67	1m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	1.13	4.13	4.11	-0.46	-22.28	-23.09	-20.73	2m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	0.44	4.84	-4.66	-19.77	-43.64	-40.13	-43.33	18m

49 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	05/23	05/16	05/09	05/02	04/25	04/18	04/11	04/04	03/27	03/20	03/13	03/06	02/28
AGQ	99.3	99.1	98.1	91.6	96.3	98.1	98.2	95.5	13.3	54.9	48.7	8.9	3.7
NLR	97.5	96.1	96.4	94.8	93.5	92.8	93.4	94.4	84.1	85.6	79.8	89.6	88.1
UGL	97.0	97.9	96.9	95.9	97.5	98.2	98.1	95.9	73.8	74.5	80.4	73.9	27.2
SLV	96.8	95.7	93.5	77.5	88.1	94.7	91.9	82.3	28.5	48.0	43.8	21.0	7.5
GDXJ	96.7	96.3	95.0	85.7	91.0	91.2	86.4	73.5	26.9	19.0	24.1	8.8	4.8
GDX	95.4	95.4	93.8	82.6	88.0	87.5	78.7	64.1	20.8	11.4	24.9	9.5	5.2
DBB	95.0	93.6	90.0	88.2	88.2	92.0	66.6	41.2	11.6	26.1	29.5	11.6	10.2
XME	93.3	90.2	90.4	82.2	85.8	87.1	80.2	70.2	48.1	45.8	51.3	48.4	49.3
DBP	92.8	92.9	89.7	82.9	89.4	94.6	89.6	78.9	45.3	51.2	51.1	46.4	16.7
IAU	89.1	91.5	87.9	84.2	90.1	94.8	89.3	79.6	52.9	53.7	56.2	54.9	32.8
GLD	88.7	91.4	87.4	83.9	90.1	94.7	89.1	79.3	52.5	52.9	55.8	54.6	32.0
FIW	87.7	88.0	90.2	88.2	86.3	79.9	74.1	77.4	74.9	74.5	73.2	73.4	75.4
DBA	87.5	57.0	81.4	73.2	96.0	96.9	93.2	91.3	86.7	75.2	63.4	53.3	55.7
PHO	86.1	87.3	90.5	88.9	89.0	84.4	79.2	82.6	80.3	80.8	80.0	80.0	81.4
CGW	85.2	84.5	86.0	79.7	74.0	69.9	49.1	61.3	57.1	59.0	52.9	54.2	50.9
AMJ	82.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
ERX	81.2	93.5	94.1	94.0	97.1	96.8	97.2	94.8	89.5	88.9	71.4	18.4	16.1
SPY	81.0	79.4	78.1	77.9	79.0	81.5	82.1	81.2	83.9	84.1	83.9	83.5	83.4
DIG	79.2	93.5	93.8	93.6	97.0	96.6	97.2	94.5	87.9	88.4	69.9	15.1	12.8
PIO	78.6	83.9	85.2	83.8	84.5	84.1	79.0	82.5	77.7	80.3	83.0	85.3	80.6
CUT	78.4	76.5	71.7	71.3	53.1	55.6	59.6	65.4	64.9	55.2	49.9	40.3	41.5
IGE	74.9	79.6	84.5	80.8	87.5	86.4	83.1	76.6	63.7	63.6	51.5	30.4	26.0
IEO	66.4	71.0	84.6	86.0	94.4	93.8	93.4	91.5	81.6	82.9	71.5	43.8	39.0
XES	66.3	75.6	81.2	55.6	63.5	66.5	84.5	78.4	60.5	68.0	47.2	9.8	11.2
HAP	64.8	65.9	65.9	52.7	62.3	59.6	55.9	44.8	37.1	33.1	28.6	12.4	12.3
FCG	62.2	73.5	86.7	82.8	91.1	87.9	85.9	80.6	70.4	71.3	57.8	35.6	30.6
IXC	60.6	67.8	76.7	76.2	86.8	85.1	81.7	71.9	58.2	60.9	47.5	31.5	24.9
DJP	59.2	40.4	29.7	24.8	31.8	32.0	34.1	26.4	8.5	10.4	9.7	8.4	7.9
VDE	59.0	69.6	76.4	77.3	87.9	88.1	85.4	77.3	65.4	67.7	50.4	28.1	28.0
XLE	57.7	68.7	75.6	77.5	88.4	88.8	86.2	77.4	65.9	67.4	49.8	28.0	27.6
IYE	57.1	64.8	73.0	74.3	86.3	86.2	83.6	73.4	62.4	60.7	45.6	22.0	21.1
XOP	56.5	62.5	81.1	80.0	91.7	89.6	88.7	85.1	70.9	74.7	59.7	32.3	28.4
UCO	43.5	61.7	58.4	80.6	89.3	91.9	95.6	94.6	80.8	87.4	76.6	33.0	42.5
GSG	41.6	36.1	34.1	39.4	58.0	61.0	62.2	57.6	36.7	41.5	38.0	25.2	25.3
USL	38.1	41.6	41.8	58.8	72.3	78.4	80.1	77.2	57.9	65.3	51.6	33.5	38.8
IEZ	37.8	54.1	59.1	42.3	48.6	56.7	77.6	69.5	54.3	60.3	42.0	9.4	9.3
USO	35.5	39.0	42.0	60.5	78.0	81.0	84.9	84.7	63.3	71.2	58.4	43.1	45.4
DBC	32.8	27.5	23.0	25.4	31.2	33.6	38.7	33.0	11.2	15.3	12.4	8.7	8.8
OIH	32.3	47.1	51.5	36.3	45.4	54.7	76.0	68.2	54.9	62.5	41.5	9.2	9.8
DBO	25.7	27.9	28.2	35.9	47.4	57.3	63.3	54.3	38.1	40.3	31.2	11.4	13.6
UNG	17.6	3.7	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.8
DBE	8.9	9.8	8.4	15.1	27.6	27.5	42.1	38.2	19.5	26.2	16.6	9.0	9.0
MOO	6.1	6.8	7.8	5.9	6.6	5.6	7.0	6.9	7.3	7.2	6.3	6.4	7.2
PBD	6.0	4.9	4.8	4.0	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.8	3.2	3.5	3.3	3.7
SCO	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.4	1.5	2.1	2.0	2.1	3.5	3.6
ERY	2.5	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.4	1.9	1.5	2.0	2.4	2.4	3.0	6.6	7.1
DUG	2.4	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.5	1.9	2.2	2.3	2.9	6.1	6.8
GLL	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.2	1.4	2.3	3.9	3.8	3.1	4.2	8.2
ZSL	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.2	4.6	2.7	2.6	5.7	47.8