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 Gold	UGL	99.74	-1.24	-0.09	9.03	36.73	35.46	76.62	106m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	99.59	6.90	11.48	34.96	37.01	30.07	46.98	38m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.48	1.24	0.87	7.34	29.62	19.13	48.58	395m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	99.33	1.09	0.57	6.61	29.31	19.31	43.39	1b
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	98.96	-0.75	0.08	5.44	19.56	20.02	40.47	705m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	98.89	-0.75	0.04	5.42	19.50	19.92	40.23	5b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	98.44	-0.84	-0.55	2.95	15.11	14.63	34.86	3m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	96.77	5.12	1.76	25.14	12.41	11.82	25.17	2m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	96.55	5.14	1.90	25.45	11.51	11.08	24.93	12m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	94.25	-0.83	6.42	-22.54	-0.12	15.85	19.06	126m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	90.50	-0.77	-3.14	-4.49	5.71	-3.36	18.92	795m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	84.15	-0.63	-0.59	1.78	-3.98	12.35	7.17	11m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	83.00	0.94	3.77	5.78	7.69	1.95	7.52	3m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	80.25	-2.23	-6.80	-14.49	1.73	-14.99	16.29	99m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	74.54	1.41	4.81	4.21	3.41	2.83	2.65	468k
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	74.02	-1.51	-1.36	-5.75	-1.11	2.97	2.31	3m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	45.88	0.17	2.58	1.50	-0.81	-1.24	-0.73	4m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	41.95	-0.95	0.73	-2.93	0.77	-3.53	-3.56	477k
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	36.67	0.04	3.57	-0.87	-7.85	-4.23	9.79	54b
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	30.07	0.51	2.74	0.50	-3.31	-4.46	1.66	5m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	28.43	0.62	3.50	1.26	-3.53	-4.66	1.41	5m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	20.04	-1.86	-2.65	-8.58	-6.46	-5.01	-8.42	45m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	19.90	-3.32	-2.74	-7.35	-5.78	-9.93	-7.98	2m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	19.27	-2.03	-3.04	-8.87	-8.02	-3.58	-8.47	21m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	18.71	-0.94	4.16	7.74	-10.44	-13.90	2.13	11m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	17.11	-1.65	0.26	-8.29	-6.46	-7.33	-7.66	4m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	14.74	-0.93	1.81	0.64	-5.66	-11.87	-6.98	92m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	11.92	-2.03	-0.51	-11.79	-6.41	-9.93	-13.98	21m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	11.36	-1.02	-0.29	-3.76	-10.53	-10.99	-5.19	182k
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	9.91	-2.48	-3.47	-13.37	-11.00	-7.14	-14.29	550k
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	9.39	-2.70	-0.91	-13.86	-10.26	-9.57	-13.83	2b
	iShares US Energy	IYE	9.32	-2.76	-0.88	-13.59	-10.26	-9.61	-13.66	31m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	9.21	-2.67	-0.84	-13.72	-10.72	-9.32	-13.47	82m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	7.28	-1.54	3.59	3.04	-4.32	-16.72	-17.75	438k
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	5.12	-2.67	-0.60	-14.16	-14.46	-12.02	-24.16	8m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	4.71	-3.42	-5.12	-15.98	-16.34	-15.04	-21.40	619k
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	4.49	-3.48	-6.60	-17.81	-18.28	-14.37	-20.94	383m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	4.42	-3.53	-1.80	-16.19	-18.08	-14.76	-20.86	7m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	3.82	-3.02	-1.33	-16.14	-18.59	-13.81	-24.26	10m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	3.71	2.20	6.88	9.07	-11.02	-0.65	-41.96	17m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	2.93	-2.81	-0.79	-15.94	-19.85	-17.07	-28.18	513m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	2.04	-5.06	-1.82	-28.37	-22.83	-23.60	-34.10	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	2.00	-5.23	-2.12	-28.69	-23.22	-23.86	-34.39	24m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	1.93	-2.73	-0.38	-19.59	-23.88	-21.17	-31.41	4m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	1.63	-2.96	-0.31	-20.24	-24.87	-23.43	-34.52	143m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	1.30	-3.56	0.42	-19.79	-29.75	-27.21	-37.58	5m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	0.93	-7.10	-10.81	-29.86	-32.12	-31.23	-44.65	53m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	0.85	1.44	-0.26	-10.81	-29.29	-29.64	-46.60	57m

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	04/30	04/23	04/15	04/08	04/01	03/25	03/18	03/11	03/04	02/25	02/18	02/10	02/03
UGL	99.7	99.7	99.7	98.9	99.7	99.7	99.6	99.5	99.6	99.6	99.2	98.3	96.7
SCO	99.6	98.5	99.4	99.3	25.9	30.9	80.4	81.6	62.5	12.8	4.0	5.0	5.1
GDXJ	99.5	99.3	99.5	97.0	99.5	99.5	99.1	98.5	97.4	96.8	96.7	95.8	86.3
GDX	99.3	99.3	99.5	97.3	99.4	99.4	98.9	98.3	97.2	96.2	96.2	94.6	81.2
IAU	99.0	98.8	98.9	97.6	98.8	97.8	97.8	97.9	98.1	97.2	95.2	93.0	88.0
GLD	98.9	98.8	98.8	97.4	98.6	97.6	97.7	97.7	98.0	97.0	95.0	92.9	87.8
DBP	98.4	98.1	98.3	96.8	98.3	97.1	97.5	97.4	97.5	96.3	94.5	92.3	87.8
DUG	96.8	96.7	98.6	98.8	4.3	2.4	8.8	84.6	91.4	55.0	11.7	13.5	15.2
ERY	96.5	96.5	98.4	98.7	4.1	2.3	9.2	85.8	91.9	59.6	13.0	13.9	16.6
UNG	94.2	65.4	93.7	96.8	99.2	98.9	99.4	99.8	99.9	99.7	99.1	96.2	96.1
SLV	90.5	94.0	93.1	80.1	96.5	95.5	95.7	95.8	94.0	89.4	90.5	88.3	72.7
DBA	84.2	88.9	86.8	89.5	91.7	87.1	89.4	93.7	90.1	93.9	94.9	93.3	93.6
CGW	83.0	73.1	72.3	56.0	43.5	23.1	31.8	29.3	18.9	11.4	10.9	9.2	11.6
AGQ	80.3	91.1	82.8	31.0	99.2	99.0	98.6	97.6	97.1	93.4	97.5	95.8	90.1
PIO	74.5	47.0	49.0	35.8	28.4	33.6	35.3	25.2	22.6	16.3	16.3	13.7	27.6
DJP	74.0	83.3	78.4	76.4	94.2	90.9	92.0	94.3	91.5	89.5	88.0	81.7	71.7
MOO	45.9	48.2	38.4	34.5	36.2	29.0	43.7	33.6	14.8	16.1	12.9	8.9	13.4
HAP	41.9	51.8	40.7	37.4	82.1	79.9	77.2	50.3	18.3	16.7	30.4	14.5	11.2
SPY	36.7	31.5	36.2	31.7	35.4	56.8	36.1	42.3	73.6	79.8	79.4	79.7	81.9
FIW	30.1	30.4	28.6	35.2	26.8	18.0	24.7	26.7	19.0	16.8	14.3	16.2	44.7
PHO	28.4	25.3	25.7	33.9	23.5	15.1	20.5	22.2	17.5	14.4	13.2	13.7	41.1
DBC	20.0	43.0	27.7	50.7	85.1	73.2	76.8	86.0	67.3	61.4	66.6	50.9	47.6
DBB	19.9	38.6	26.7	45.1	51.1	83.9	83.6	89.0	49.5	46.8	57.5	54.5	30.8
GSG	19.3	44.6	27.0	46.3	85.8	73.8	75.8	86.2	67.5	63.6	73.1	64.3	60.8
NLR	18.7	9.1	14.3	8.1	8.2	21.4	22.5	9.3	9.8	11.9	78.3	86.9	71.3
IGE	17.1	21.3	17.0	25.6	86.5	84.6	71.7	28.2	15.8	14.0	38.9	41.0	34.4
XME	14.7	14.2	12.9	10.3	14.8	34.1	23.1	7.1	5.1	6.3	18.3	15.5	8.2
IXC	11.9	17.0	10.3	20.9	87.5	83.6	66.9	21.5	11.2	8.7	10.8	10.6	9.2
CUT	11.4	17.9	17.1	18.5	15.8	12.2	23.6	23.5	17.6	19.7	40.9	21.8	39.2
DBE	9.9	21.9	12.6	30.1	85.9	64.2	67.9	85.7	75.8	55.4	62.9	49.0	52.6
XLE	9.4	13.6	8.8	22.8	90.3	87.5	79.2	36.6	18.1	14.4	26.2	26.4	31.8
IYE	9.3	13.4	8.4	20.6	88.5	85.6	70.3	28.8	15.7	13.0	24.1	26.2	32.2
VDE	9.2	13.2	8.2	20.3	89.2	86.7	75.6	29.3	16.2	13.7	28.5	32.8	38.3
PBD	7.3	6.2	5.8	4.4	3.3	4.1	7.4	5.0	3.6	4.3	4.1	3.1	2.6
IEO	5.1	5.9	4.5	7.1	68.3	59.8	28.8	13.0	6.4	7.3	10.1	12.2	14.5
USL	4.7	9.5	6.3	11.0	45.9	16.7	19.3	26.2	20.2	15.3	37.9	31.6	39.0
USO	4.5	11.0	6.0	10.2	75.0	26.3	27.9	42.8	27.8	25.7	51.1	50.1	59.3
DBO	4.4	5.9	5.9	12.0	51.6	21.2	24.8	32.8	24.7	19.0	42.8	39.4	53.3
FCG	3.8	4.9	4.0	5.7	52.6	69.0	29.3	12.8	6.3	8.2	31.7	43.5	37.3
ZSL	3.7	3.9	5.0	64.1	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.5
XOP	2.9	4.2	3.0	5.0	26.7	21.3	15.2	6.8	4.6	6.1	11.7	15.4	14.8
DIG	2.0	2.8	2.2	3.8	94.3	94.2	75.3	10.7	5.3	5.8	9.1	9.9	11.3
ERX	2.0	2.7	2.2	3.9	94.3	93.5	75.2	10.5	5.2	5.9	9.4	10.1	11.2
IEZ	1.9	2.5	2.8	3.9	18.3	12.0	8.5	6.2	4.4	6.1	12.5	11.5	21.0
OIH	1.6	2.1	2.3	3.3	11.1	6.9	6.1	4.1	3.4	4.1	7.2	6.7	8.7
XES	1.3	1.4	1.4	2.0	5.4	3.8	3.8	2.6	2.2	3.5	6.2	6.1	8.5
UCO	0.9	2.3	1.6	2.5	17.1	5.2	5.1	6.7	6.4	6.7	21.4	12.6	17.8
GLL	0.9	1.3	1.5	5.7	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0