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	99.70	1.29	4.59	1.50	28.37	50.34	86.56	67m
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	99.55	0.77	7.08	13.36	33.96	48.94	57.35	366m
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	99.40	0.23	5.68	9.22	27.60	42.95	52.50	1b
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	97.87	0.62	2.33	1.32	15.32	26.61	44.62	541m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	97.84	0.64	2.33	1.31	15.31	26.59	44.40	3b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	97.24	0.40	2.55	2.17	12.75	23.14	36.29	1m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	96.57	-0.19	-1.09	21.83	25.65	4.11	14.41	26m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	88.09	-0.32	4.54	6.31	5.27	12.25	12.90	457m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	87.79	-0.54	9.30	12.34	3.65	15.11	6.47	68m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	83.76	3.72	-0.85	-3.37	-0.12	22.11	13.97	1m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	81.19	3.96	-0.60	-3.34	-1.23	20.98	13.99	6m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	80.18	1.76	-2.33	-14.44	3.85	7.37	15.91	31m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	73.72	0.75	0.67	0.71	1.93	4.63	11.42	7m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	73.39	-0.65	0.84	3.22	9.03	3.16	7.13	2m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	66.85	0.21	0.89	4.60	7.30	4.45	3.61	3m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	66.14	1.26	5.36	11.61	11.92	-6.61	-0.02	101m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	65.55	0.12	0.95	2.79	5.75	4.48	4.85	497k
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	62.90	-0.03	1.40	5.75	2.21	-1.10	13.71	39b
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	60.17	0.13	1.85	1.64	-1.42	7.28	4.10	1m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	54.27	-0.21	1.64	4.61	5.57	2.41	-0.40	243k
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	47.97	-0.07	2.27	4.74	4.24	-3.20	5.14	4m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	45.02	-0.32	1.68	3.91	3.62	-3.05	4.33	3m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	33.15	-0.28	1.45	4.14	-1.28	2.37	-1.41	9m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	24.79	-0.37	1.09	3.59	-2.24	1.72	-3.22	15m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	17.47	-1.10	1.36	3.46	1.17	-8.40	-3.55	3m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	16.35	-0.86	1.02	5.69	-4.43	0.50	-4.99	431k
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	14.71	-0.29	4.71	-5.95	-28.41	17.19	-3.87	110m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	14.67	-0.11	0.81	2.97	-4.30	-2.68	-6.00	1m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	13.59	0.84	2.22	7.05	5.18	-2.54	-18.44	203k
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	11.94	-0.79	2.14	11.18	-2.91	-3.17	-7.32	325m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	9.15	-1.57	0.76	2.99	-0.62	-9.45	-10.18	11m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	7.76	-1.86	0.59	2.49	-2.73	-12.95	-9.06	51m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	7.58	-1.08	0.87	7.56	-5.04	-5.95	-11.70	3m
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	7.35	-0.70	1.18	7.67	-4.59	-6.60	-11.99	170k
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	6.94	0.27	-0.35	3.19	-5.60	-9.85	-8.39	91k
	iShares US Energy	IYE	6.91	-1.87	0.48	2.15	-3.49	-13.52	-9.99	27m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	6.49	-1.95	0.37	1.80	-4.38	-13.50	-9.88	1b
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	6.05	-1.92	0.90	6.63	-1.23	-13.79	-16.89	7m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	5.75	-2.32	0.16	3.59	-1.47	-14.11	-15.78	6m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	4.96	-2.45	-0.02	6.77	-1.07	-16.56	-19.17	442m
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	2.58	-1.42	2.02	3.34	-10.27	-23.37	-25.80	4m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	2.54	-1.74	2.00	14.95	-11.03	-16.01	-30.61	47m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	2.28	-1.31	2.56	4.33	-9.48	-24.47	-28.72	122m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	2.16	-1.54	2.81	5.74	-8.32	-26.74	-32.51	3m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	1.98	-3.79	0.42	2.96	-12.33	-30.06	-28.18	1m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	1.94	-3.97	0.57	2.81	-12.50	-30.12	-28.12	16m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	1.53	1.18	-9.17	-12.55	-12.63	-26.10	-34.35	9m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	0.82	-1.11	-4.56	-3.17	-25.94	-37.36	-50.42	42m

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	06/04	05/28	05/20	05/13	05/06	04/29	04/22	04/14	04/07	03/31	03/24	03/17	03/10
UGL	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.7	99.8	99.7	99.7	99.1	99.7	99.6	99.5	99.4
GDXJ	99.6	99.0	99.1	98.7	99.6	99.6	99.4	99.5	97.3	99.4	99.3	98.9	97.6
GDX	99.4	98.7	98.7	97.5	99.4	99.4	99.3	99.4	97.5	99.3	99.2	98.6	97.6
IAU	97.9	97.7	97.8	97.9	99.2	99.0	98.9	98.8	97.7	98.6	97.6	97.6	97.7
GLD	97.8	97.6	97.8	97.8	99.0	98.9	98.8	98.8	97.6	98.6	97.5	97.5	97.6
DBP	97.2	96.9	97.1	97.1	98.0	98.5	98.4	98.4	96.9	98.4	97.1	97.1	97.3
NLR	96.6	96.7	72.8	45.9	33.7	23.3	9.3	14.1	7.1	7.5	54.7	20.4	6.7
SLV	88.1	80.5	81.3	86.6	88.5	92.1	90.8	93.4	79.9	97.0	94.0	95.5	94.3
AGQ	87.8	52.1	58.1	77.4	81.2	88.8	81.6	84.8	29.8	99.1	96.7	97.8	95.5
DUG	83.8	93.6	89.3	65.0	93.3	92.9	97.1	98.5	98.8	4.4	2.7	8.9	68.1
ERY	81.2	91.9	87.6	57.3	92.2	91.6	96.5	98.4	98.7	4.2	2.8	9.9	72.8
SCO	80.2	94.9	95.9	95.9	98.4	99.0	98.0	99.3	99.2	22.8	43.7	75.9	87.4
DBA	73.7	76.5	87.5	85.1	85.9	86.3	90.6	88.4	91.7	87.1	84.0	90.2	94.9
CGW	73.4	77.2	80.9	69.8	78.8	80.2	72.3	73.4	52.2	39.3	22.0	29.1	35.4
MOO	66.9	70.7	75.4	71.7	54.3	45.1	50.2	38.6	35.3	40.5	28.2	37.3	38.6
XME	66.1	31.8	16.9	12.2	21.5	17.3	11.7	13.6	9.9	17.3	25.5	15.1	5.3
PIO	65.5	70.4	75.2	70.4	74.6	59.4	50.2	48.6	32.0	33.4	26.5	30.0	28.8
SPY	62.9	60.4	58.3	60.9	40.6	36.3	30.6	36.7	32.3	33.6	54.4	42.7	44.7
DJP	60.2	50.3	61.4	69.7	77.8	81.3	85.9	77.4	79.5	94.5	91.2	91.9	94.8
HAP	54.3	50.6	60.0	54.5	52.4	49.6	54.4	41.3	39.7	81.0	76.8	73.3	47.1
PHO	48.0	32.3	45.2	27.2	26.3	23.2	27.4	29.8	32.4	22.7	14.2	17.7	28.5
FIW	45.0	31.4	46.5	32.2	27.8	25.4	32.6	33.0	36.7	27.3	18.3	22.5	31.4
GSG	33.1	22.3	21.5	20.9	22.2	25.5	52.8	26.4	49.1	86.9	71.9	77.5	83.7
DBC	24.8	19.9	19.0	19.5	22.5	26.8	51.5	28.1	55.2	86.3	71.7	77.1	83.3
IGE	17.5	13.9	13.0	15.3	17.7	20.7	25.0	17.3	26.3	86.0	82.4	69.4	27.5
DBE	16.3	13.1	10.6	12.9	12.1	13.7	28.4	11.8	36.4	88.7	63.6	70.0	83.6
UNG	14.7	7.4	21.7	95.5	96.6	95.7	82.5	93.2	98.4	99.6	99.5	99.4	99.8
DBB	14.7	16.7	20.1	19.1	22.1	35.1	38.0	30.5	49.8	62.4	80.0	84.2	86.0
PBD	13.6	11.5	14.6	20.9	10.1	8.4	6.2	5.3	4.3	3.3	3.8	6.4	5.0
USO	11.9	7.5	6.1	5.7	4.9	5.4	15.7	5.7	11.2	82.5	24.9	29.5	32.3
IXC	9.1	8.6	8.3	10.7	11.0	15.1	19.7	10.4	22.6	88.5	80.6	52.3	24.8
VDE	7.8	7.1	7.1	10.9	8.8	12.6	14.6	8.6	20.6	90.2	85.3	72.2	31.8
DBO	7.6	6.2	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.5	12.2	5.8	13.9	64.5	23.9	24.7	26.9
USL	7.4	5.7	5.3	4.7	5.1	5.8	13.3	6.3	12.9	57.4	15.5	19.9	22.2
CUT	6.9	9.2	11.9	10.2	8.1	12.2	22.1	18.3	20.3	16.3	11.1	21.7	25.7
IYE	6.9	6.4	6.7	10.5	8.6	12.8	15.0	8.8	20.9	89.2	83.7	71.6	32.1
XLE	6.5	6.2	6.4	10.0	8.5	12.8	15.4	9.1	22.2	90.5	86.2	78.4	41.5
FCG	6.0	5.1	4.6	6.6	4.8	4.7	5.1	4.1	6.1	62.1	65.7	21.4	9.9
IEO	5.7	5.3	5.7	8.5	5.8	6.0	6.1	4.5	7.4	71.7	52.4	24.1	12.5
XOP	5.0	4.7	4.4	6.0	4.1	3.5	4.3	3.2	4.8	30.9	18.4	11.0	6.7
IEZ	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.1	3.2	2.9	4.0	19.0	9.1	7.6	6.4
UCO	2.5	2.1	1.7	1.7	1.2	1.4	3.1	1.6	2.8	24.6	4.8	5.3	5.8
OIH	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.8	2.5	2.2	3.1	10.6	5.9	5.0	4.6
XES	2.2	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.5	2.0	5.4	3.7	2.9	2.8
DIG	2.0	1.9	2.1	2.8	2.3	2.5	3.1	2.1	3.9	94.8	92.8	69.0	16.1
ERX	1.9	1.8	2.1	2.8	2.2	2.4	3.0	2.1	4.0	94.9	92.4	69.3	15.7
ZSL	1.5	2.7	2.9	2.0	3.3	2.7	5.0	4.5	51.4	1.3	0.8	1.0	2.2
GLL	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.9	1.3	1.5	5.0	1.0	0.7	1.1	1.9