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

Volume Filter dolVol21 ----- dolVol21 Vol60 > < 0 ----- 0 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Right Column:      default ----- default Price Volume cGroup $vol-21 Rtn-10d Rtn-2mo Rtn-4mo Rtn-5mo Rtn-3-6-12 Rtn-YTD RRS-21 RRS-42 RRS-63 RRS-126 RRS-189 RRS-252 1stDate

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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	92.53	-1.23	-3.24	-5.10	-6.09	20.37	47.13	18m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	86.35	-1.58	5.74	31.18	9.91	16.36	0.18	5m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	85.32	0.60	-1.99	0.17	4.09	9.49	26.99	27b
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	82.58	-0.46	-1.58	-2.32	-2.07	12.36	27.38	242m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	82.54	-2.51	4.70	30.08	9.00	14.88	-1.69	2m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	82.25	-0.47	-1.60	-2.31	-2.08	12.30	27.20	1b
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	77.18	-4.38	-4.94	0.30	0.96	10.14	26.94	10m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	61.21	0.48	-2.73	-13.35	-1.12	2.68	16.68	25m
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	60.80	-4.36	-5.54	-6.09	-6.87	5.90	21.21	2m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	58.25	0.26	-2.91	-3.74	-8.13	2.23	20.98	552m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	48.45	-0.11	2.40	1.71	-2.19	13.88	-8.77	19m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	44.93	0.67	-5.38	-7.27	-17.37	-2.02	25.21	60m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	37.91	-0.24	-4.29	-5.47	-4.92	2.54	9.51	6m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	36.39	-2.01	-6.84	-10.22	-14.95	3.87	12.64	211m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	36.35	-0.47	-4.40	-5.81	-5.11	2.04	10.13	4m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	32.69	0.13	-0.51	-1.31	-2.32	-1.86	3.35	2m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	30.58	-1.07	-0.61	-0.61	-0.28	-3.67	4.26	5m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	24.67	-0.05	-0.87	-0.19	-0.31	-7.40	5.84	174m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	22.74	-0.92	-5.52	-9.78	-16.90	1.68	9.76	653m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	21.60	-4.20	-5.69	-5.78	-8.34	-4.93	6.60	3m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	19.93	0.74	-3.56	-11.69	-5.42	-3.64	5.00	4m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	19.45	0.12	-1.21	-1.02	-0.58	-8.36	1.89	350k
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	17.53	0.61	-3.00	-12.27	-3.86	-5.85	3.10	59m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	16.64	-1.77	-5.66	-6.84	-9.45	-1.98	4.17	2m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	14.83	0.65	-3.52	-12.66	-4.78	-6.50	2.32	12m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	13.09	-0.20	-3.28	-4.20	-7.35	-3.59	0.94	275k
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	11.72	-0.25	-3.82	-13.58	-5.59	-7.50	1.49	1b
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	11.21	0.49	-6.62	-16.62	-9.72	-1.29	-4.53	84m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	10.02	1.21	-2.41	-10.75	-3.63	-10.32	-1.80	9m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	9.17	-2.36	-6.67	-7.56	-10.26	-4.01	-1.65	131k
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	8.47	-1.51	12.04	3.17	-1.14	-17.69	-21.69	123m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	8.43	-4.68	-5.34	-5.01	-4.55	-12.29	-3.82	4m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	7.73	-5.00	-5.89	-7.19	-7.43	-9.71	-6.06	18m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	7.25	0.62	-4.42	-12.87	-9.15	-9.80	-2.80	24m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	6.55	0.44	-4.22	-13.68	-5.56	-12.90	-6.90	339m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	6.40	-6.22	-6.66	-7.95	-5.83	-13.67	-9.07	290k
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	5.81	1.00	-4.16	-14.27	-7.41	-12.93	-6.48	8m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	5.66	-2.13	-5.49	-10.30	-13.32	-9.33	-6.11	431k
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	4.96	0.12	-2.33	-2.33	-4.02	-21.58	-7.07	46m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	4.47	0.47	-5.54	-12.87	-8.38	-13.39	-12.26	3m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	4.40	-3.24	-6.63	-9.00	-12.84	-8.03	-13.77	3m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	3.92	1.37	3.20	4.90	5.21	-18.31	-33.68	4m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	3.81	-0.82	4.88	4.96	11.71	-13.24	-42.53	8m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	3.66	0.41	-4.97	-12.18	-11.04	-15.73	-10.93	4m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	3.48	0.38	-6.79	-25.09	-12.01	-17.66	-5.67	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	3.44	0.51	-6.77	-25.11	-12.03	-17.77	-5.75	24m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	3.00	-1.47	-6.92	-14.12	-11.21	-17.16	-16.36	158m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	2.77	0.60	-1.01	-0.42	-14.62	-13.46	-24.27	516k

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	12/23	12/16	12/09	12/02	11/22	11/15	11/08	11/01	10/25	10/18	10/11	10/04	09/27
UGL	92.5	94.0	93.0	93.2	97.1	94.6	96.3	98.7	99.0	98.6	99.0	98.8	99.1
ERY	86.4	22.6	3.3	2.7	2.3	3.3	2.9	5.5	7.5	6.9	4.5	3.7	39.5
SPY	85.3	82.4	78.9	77.8	75.2	81.8	79.1	81.9	83.7	81.2	80.9	78.2	79.2
IAU	82.6	79.9	72.3	70.3	88.4	77.2	79.4	93.2	94.5	91.9	93.7	93.6	95.2
DUG	82.5	20.5	3.1	2.5	2.2	3.2	2.8	5.4	7.1	6.6	4.3	3.5	36.1
GLD	82.2	79.9	71.7	70.0	88.4	76.9	78.7	93.0	94.4	91.7	93.6	93.5	95.2
DBA	77.2	82.6	77.5	61.2	65.3	78.7	47.6	55.8	42.5	40.2	70.8	55.6	87.5
NLR	61.2	79.1	87.0	93.0	94.4	90.0	88.3	92.8	95.0	95.9	63.4	88.0	66.4
DBP	60.8	76.5	73.2	66.9	86.3	73.6	79.2	93.8	95.2	92.7	92.4	93.2	94.6
SLV	58.2	63.1	82.6	62.2	76.9	68.8	85.8	95.7	97.4	95.6	91.5	94.0	94.8
SCO	48.4	10.4	4.7	8.5	13.1	60.2	12.5	7.5	12.6	49.0	6.9	14.9	92.5
AGQ	44.9	65.7	94.2	74.7	92.0	76.6	95.9	99.1	99.5	98.9	97.9	98.2	98.7
FIW	37.9	50.6	59.3	57.7	55.5	53.4	56.4	56.2	57.4	66.2	71.7	77.8	74.3
GDXJ	36.4	68.5	87.6	70.0	88.8	67.1	93.1	97.0	97.7	97.5	95.5	95.2	97.6
PHO	36.4	49.8	60.0	57.2	56.1	53.7	58.7	57.2	56.5	64.8	71.0	75.1	72.8
DJP	32.7	29.2	35.9	13.9	28.7	12.5	11.1	18.9	21.9	8.1	15.4	16.0	9.2
GSG	30.6	25.8	29.0	10.8	14.8	8.9	6.5	7.8	7.3	6.0	9.6	7.8	5.6
USO	24.7	22.3	23.2	8.7	10.6	5.7	5.9	6.7	5.6	4.6	8.3	6.4	3.6
GDX	22.7	51.8	65.4	53.9	77.7	50.4	85.3	94.8	96.5	97.0	94.8	95.1	97.5
DBB	21.6	48.4	55.9	48.5	40.0	47.0	51.2	58.9	69.2	57.4	61.1	60.8	57.9
IGE	19.9	39.2	53.4	57.4	66.5	58.1	52.9	36.5	32.1	31.5	41.1	41.7	11.6
USL	19.5	16.3	14.9	7.6	10.0	5.7	5.6	6.1	5.3	4.7	7.3	5.6	3.7
VDE	17.5	23.9	45.5	52.9	61.2	51.1	41.3	14.1	7.8	8.1	19.3	20.6	6.1
CGW	16.6	36.4	44.6	46.6	43.7	41.9	44.1	37.3	48.6	62.6	68.4	76.9	82.6
IYE	14.8	28.4	47.7	55.0	62.6	54.6	44.1	21.9	8.8	9.5	25.2	26.8	6.6
PIO	13.1	14.1	31.7	30.4	25.5	22.5	33.9	32.8	31.1	46.3	38.2	46.0	46.0
XLE	11.7	23.0	45.9	53.7	62.2	56.2	44.1	21.6	9.1	10.0	27.1	27.5	6.6
XME	11.2	51.4	82.8	84.7	86.0	76.1	89.9	72.6	57.7	67.9	45.0	44.7	50.3
FCG	10.0	13.0	29.4	35.4	44.3	17.0	13.0	5.3	4.4	5.0	6.3	7.4	4.2
CUT	9.2	27.5	41.7	39.1	40.9	39.1	46.1	50.3	42.1	31.2	47.0	53.3	55.1
UNG	8.5	2.8	2.4	2.4	3.2	1.7	1.8	1.6	2.9	1.4	2.1	2.7	3.3
DBO	8.4	15.3	11.8	6.4	9.0	4.8	4.9	5.2	4.7	4.2	6.9	5.3	3.0
DBC	7.7	14.4	13.6	8.1	12.3	8.2	6.5	7.3	7.6	6.3	9.0	7.6	6.0
IXC	7.2	12.0	33.6	36.6	45.0	37.4	27.2	13.5	9.0	9.6	22.8	25.1	6.9
XOP	6.5	10.0	28.0	39.6	47.8	16.8	11.7	4.9	3.9	5.1	6.1	6.6	3.4
DBE	6.4	12.1	9.2	5.9	8.0	5.1	4.4	4.6	4.1	3.7	5.8	4.7	3.0
IEO	5.8	8.2	24.5	35.8	47.0	26.0	14.9	5.6	4.3	5.6	7.1	8.2	4.5
HAP	5.7	9.5	26.4	27.9	24.9	13.2	26.3	28.0	26.4	27.3	29.7	35.6	27.9
UCO	5.0	5.8	5.8	3.8	3.3	2.0	3.1	3.0	2.3	2.0	3.9	2.8	1.5
IEZ	4.5	8.9	15.8	38.2	32.5	8.4	7.9	3.7	2.3	3.0	4.4	5.1	2.8
MOO	4.4	7.5	8.4	10.0	10.0	7.2	7.1	11.2	8.2	8.5	10.5	14.3	12.9
GLL	3.9	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.6	2.2	1.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.9
ZSL	3.8	1.8	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.6
XES	3.7	6.0	8.8	26.0	16.9	5.1	5.9	3.3	2.2	3.0	4.4	5.5	2.8
DIG	3.5	9.2	51.8	65.5	84.7	64.7	53.4	9.1	5.8	7.1	24.7	29.7	3.6
ERX	3.4	9.0	52.4	65.9	84.5	64.4	53.2	8.6	5.9	7.1	24.6	31.7	3.5
OIH	3.0	5.9	8.3	18.7	14.9	6.0	6.1	3.2	2.0	2.7	3.7	4.6	2.5
PBD	2.8	2.7	3.7	3.4	2.7	2.2	3.7	6.1	5.4	5.8	5.1	6.7	7.1