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	96.71	2.71	3.44	2.83	5.13	19.72	60.69	17m
	Invesco DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	93.23	0.34	-0.64	0.63	7.67	12.42	33.32	10m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	92.34	7.66	8.29	33.77	23.96	21.03	-28.94	190m
	iShares Gold Trust	IAU	91.41	0.97	1.18	1.22	3.06	11.29	32.31	222m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	91.08	0.96	1.14	1.16	2.97	11.18	32.08	1b
	Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	90.90	1.34	1.92	1.12	3.44	8.88	33.15	736k
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	82.72	3.28	8.85	-7.23	-0.93	-10.71	52.56	56m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	82.53	-1.53	-0.71	-4.00	0.58	4.63	23.65	31b
	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	76.17	-0.07	1.09	-5.63	-2.15	-2.68	31.47	180m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	76.05	4.32	4.82	13.31	7.16	-0.37	19.66	175m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	75.43	0.77	2.53	-4.73	-0.90	-3.73	31.48	466m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	72.35	3.42	3.55	5.33	4.74	4.29	10.51	3m
	Invesco DB Oil Fund	DBO	70.95	4.25	4.68	12.30	6.73	-0.16	14.15	3m
	Direxion Energy Bear 2X Shares	ERY	70.47	-0.59	-3.41	4.57	7.00	2.66	-13.96	6m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	68.39	-0.64	-3.70	4.62	6.81	2.65	-14.66	2m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	68.21	3.27	3.27	7.38	5.09	2.07	12.54	8m
	VanEck Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	64.84	-0.34	-0.02	-4.23	-0.36	-0.17	15.56	27m
	Invesco DB Energy Fund	DBE	62.29	4.02	4.41	11.14	6.60	0.06	7.44	393k
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	56.40	2.63	3.14	8.88	4.34	-2.52	12.64	347k
	VanEck Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	52.11	0.19	1.78	-4.01	-6.18	-4.46	24.76	598m
	First Trust Natural Gas ETF	FCG	51.52	0.89	3.39	5.14	4.34	-2.24	11.78	11m
	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	47.82	2.69	2.64	5.53	2.34	-0.16	6.25	20m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	40.27	0.38	1.82	-1.29	-1.36	0.14	12.13	76m
	Invesco DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	40.12	0.97	0.64	-3.22	-3.70	-2.84	12.99	2m
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	40.08	5.87	6.77	19.00	6.84	-11.30	14.78	35m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	37.90	-0.07	1.59	-3.17	-2.94	-0.55	12.03	4m
	iShares US Energy	IYE	33.97	0.30	1.93	-2.37	-2.51	-0.76	10.77	15m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	33.09	0.41	2.00	-1.91	-2.72	-0.47	10.88	1b
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	31.72	1.19	3.33	2.26	1.75	-3.15	6.55	317m
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	27.76	-1.51	-1.31	-9.10	-7.47	-1.78	9.15	7m
	Invesco Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	26.57	-1.48	-1.27	-9.63	-7.83	-2.41	9.98	5m
	iShares US Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	21.43	0.87	3.35	-0.01	-1.58	-4.33	4.94	9m
	Invesco Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	17.62	-0.71	-1.19	-7.27	-7.86	-2.14	1.15	253k
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	14.99	0.12	0.69	1.43	-1.55	-10.20	4.38	3m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	14.40	0.03	1.97	-3.55	-6.51	-5.11	4.38	24m
	Invesco Global Water Portfolio	PIO	13.47	-0.56	-0.16	-7.08	-7.37	-6.10	1.94	394k
	iShares US Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	12.99	-0.42	1.29	-0.75	-2.04	-7.80	0.73	4m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	10.66	0.76	3.78	-4.50	-7.57	-5.92	11.31	2m
	Direxion Energy Bull 2X Shares	ERX	10.29	0.73	3.69	-4.68	-7.60	-6.00	11.25	28m
	VanEck Vectors Oil Services	OIH	9.47	-0.30	1.00	-0.45	-2.66	-9.66	-1.87	119m
	Invesco S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	8.51	-1.90	-3.07	-11.47	-12.31	-9.16	1.78	2m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	8.48	-1.07	-0.87	-13.29	-9.34	-8.92	-0.29	88m
	VanEck Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	8.40	-0.33	0.18	-5.66	-8.96	-7.43	-1.28	2m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	6.66	-5.87	-6.61	-16.36	-10.83	0.20	-25.11	23m
	VanEck Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	6.18	-0.17	-0.11	-6.50	-9.07	-5.21	-10.96	4m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	2.63	-2.58	-3.21	-2.93	-6.11	-17.67	-39.34	3m
	Invesco Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	2.33	-2.96	-2.63	-6.47	-15.64	-19.56	-21.89	673k
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	2.11	-3.29	-8.06	5.81	-6.33	-4.40	-52.88	8m

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	01/10	01/02	12/24	12/17	12/10	12/03	11/25	11/18	11/11	11/04	10/28	10/21	10/14
UGL	96.7	94.7	92.0	94.9	96.1	92.9	94.2	95.1	94.7	99.0	98.5	98.6	98.6
DBA	93.2	92.8	87.2	83.8	78.2	64.6	63.5	71.4	53.1	57.4	46.9	44.4	67.4
UNG	92.3	42.1	13.7	3.8	2.5	2.2	4.5	1.9	2.4	1.8	1.9	1.5	1.6
IAU	91.4	87.2	80.1	82.3	83.5	70.2	74.1	79.2	70.8	93.4	93.1	92.9	90.2
GLD	91.1	87.0	79.8	81.9	83.1	69.8	73.7	78.7	70.3	93.3	93.0	92.7	89.9
DBP	90.9	83.8	78.9	80.2	84.4	68.6	68.1	77.1	70.7	94.0	93.9	93.8	87.3
AGQ	82.7	19.3	53.0	78.6	96.5	88.8	62.3	91.5	94.2	99.4	99.3	99.2	94.9
SPY	82.5	83.7	85.0	83.5	78.1	78.7	74.6	80.0	77.9	81.4	83.7	83.0	82.3
GDXJ	76.2	61.2	47.3	74.9	91.1	84.6	73.4	84.4	78.5	97.2	97.3	97.8	93.5
USO	76.1	55.7	33.5	23.7	19.3	31.7	6.3	10.0	4.8	9.6	4.1	4.8	7.2
SLV	75.4	49.6	58.1	72.1	88.1	71.1	58.1	78.3	78.7	96.1	96.4	96.6	80.4
DJP	72.4	39.0	34.4	29.1	37.8	22.3	17.0	17.4	11.1	23.5	10.4	8.7	9.0
DBO	70.9	46.7	26.4	16.7	11.8	18.2	5.8	7.5	4.5	6.0	3.5	4.1	6.3
ERY	70.5	83.0	69.6	41.3	3.4	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.8	4.2	14.8	6.6	4.6
DUG	68.4	82.9	68.3	39.2	3.4	2.4	2.5	2.2	2.7	4.1	11.9	6.3	4.4
GSG	68.2	45.5	34.1	27.2	30.2	26.4	10.0	13.1	6.1	9.9	5.8	6.1	7.7
NLR	64.8	62.0	60.9	79.9	86.5	92.1	91.5	94.1	87.1	85.7	95.2	96.3	69.4
DBE	62.3	37.9	20.5	11.8	9.0	9.9	6.0	7.4	4.4	5.1	3.3	3.9	5.1
USL	56.4	40.7	23.2	16.5	13.2	19.9	6.3	9.5	5.0	6.7	3.8	4.9	7.0
GDX	52.1	34.1	24.3	54.9	72.8	63.7	62.2	60.3	59.1	95.3	95.1	97.3	92.6
FCG	51.5	29.7	15.2	11.4	23.1	42.1	36.6	37.9	26.3	5.5	4.0	4.7	5.3
DBC	47.8	29.0	20.3	13.8	14.2	11.9	8.4	11.9	6.0	8.5	6.1	6.4	7.4
VDE	40.3	26.2	21.1	25.7	50.2	57.9	53.7	61.0	46.9	20.3	6.4	8.4	15.6
DBB	40.1	23.6	49.4	48.4	60.4	49.9	40.4	42.1	47.7	65.0	68.5	61.5	55.3
UCO	40.1	17.6	6.5	5.6	5.4	6.5	2.4	3.4	2.5	3.8	1.9	2.1	3.2
IGE	37.9	26.1	22.4	32.1	54.2	60.4	59.8	66.4	54.2	41.0	26.7	35.5	37.2
IYE	34.0	21.6	18.2	17.8	48.7	56.8	55.6	64.6	48.9	25.9	7.3	10.0	22.1
XLE	33.1	20.6	17.5	18.5	47.3	55.2	55.4	66.0	48.6	25.5	7.5	11.0	25.2
XOP	31.7	16.6	8.2	9.3	22.1	42.8	40.4	39.4	25.8	5.2	3.8	4.7	5.3
FIW	27.8	32.1	40.4	49.0	60.1	60.6	59.4	53.2	58.0	57.8	55.9	64.8	68.9
PHO	26.6	30.1	39.2	48.0	58.1	62.4	61.0	53.4	59.1	60.5	56.6	63.4	68.7
IEO	21.4	9.1	6.7	6.8	18.0	39.1	36.3	45.6	27.6	5.6	4.0	5.4	6.4
CUT	17.6	18.5	16.4	24.2	38.9	40.7	45.8	40.3	42.3	51.0	40.5	34.9	43.9
XES	15.0	9.9	4.6	5.7	11.5	34.2	11.0	7.3	9.0	3.5	2.1	2.7	3.7
IXC	14.4	8.5	7.7	7.8	32.8	40.7	36.7	47.4	30.3	17.8	7.6	10.3	22.3
PIO	13.5	10.7	11.6	13.2	29.6	38.4	28.1	18.2	34.8	33.8	32.8	41.1	40.8
IEZ	13.0	7.8	5.9	7.1	15.6	41.9	17.3	13.4	19.9	3.7	2.3	2.9	3.8
DIG	10.7	5.2	5.0	7.0	53.0	69.9	66.6	89.3	60.4	19.7	4.9	7.4	20.5
ERX	10.3	5.2	5.0	7.2	53.3	70.1	66.2	89.2	59.9	19.6	4.8	7.5	20.4
OIH	9.5	6.5	4.2	5.1	9.0	30.2	10.4	7.9	8.4	3.2	2.1	2.6	3.3
CGW	8.5	15.4	17.0	33.8	46.5	48.5	48.5	41.8	44.7	40.1	48.6	59.6	65.9
XME	8.5	8.7	10.0	46.3	80.5	87.7	83.0	85.3	86.5	72.4	67.5	70.4	42.6
HAP	8.4	6.9	7.7	9.5	21.7	30.7	20.2	17.5	19.6	30.1	28.1	32.0	28.7
SCO	6.7	15.2	26.3	12.8	5.3	4.2	40.6	11.8	36.6	4.7	54.8	39.3	8.4
MOO	6.2	5.4	6.6	7.3	8.9	9.0	11.5	7.2	6.9	12.6	8.3	8.3	9.2
GLL	2.6	3.4	3.4	2.1	1.6	2.0	1.8	2.1	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.4
PBD	2.3	2.8	3.3	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.0	2.6	3.6	5.9	6.3	5.3	4.6
ZSL	2.1	5.9	3.0	1.6	1.0	1.3	1.7	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.0