- The document discusses an I Ching reading performed on July 30, 2014 to predict the stock price movement of Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ). - The reading indicated the stock price would be unstable and decline later, with a sudden drop predicted for August 1. - A key officer line was changing to a parent line associated with August 1, further supporting the prediction of a price drop on that date. - The prediction proved accurate, as CNQ's stock price dropped significantly from July 30 to August 1 as anticipated.

1. Stock Iching: CNQ prediction
Author: Long Yi
Iching Canada
Date: Aug 3, 2014

2. CNQ – The Company
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED is an independent crude oil and
natural gas exploration, development and production company. The
Company's operations are focused in Western Canada, in the U.K. sector of
the North Sea and in offshore Africa

3. Technical Insights report
On Jul 29, 2014, the price is $48.26. What should the investors do on Jul 30,
2014?
Buy: numerous Internet reports still suggest investing at this price.
Sell: No one recommends selling or a market adjustment coming.
Proposal: Perform an Iching Reading analysis.

4. Stock Price Prediction: CNQ (TSX)
July 30 2014 7:30 a.m. (before market open)
The Iching Reading: Hexgram 20.2 to 59
Hexgram 59 (trigram: line 4-6 sun wood, line 1-3: kan water)

5. Meaning of the Hexagram
(2014 7/30/7:30 a.m.)
Hexagram 20 Kuan 觀
• Prices oscillating, unstable. Will decline later.
• 風地觀：止跌，見低反彈或觀望。
Hexagram 59 渙
• Sudden drop in prices
• 風水渙：陰跌，大風吹物，人氣渙散，人心不
聚。

6. Meaning
Change Line 20.2 to 59
官化父則利空下調。
Line 20.2 is officer line si fire
It changes to
Line 59.2 is parent line chen earth
官化父則利空下調 means price
will be moving downwards
with time. There is room for
price drop.
When is the timing of the drop?
5 element analysis
Date of reading = 壬寅日
The day of yin wood (Jul 30).
Jul 31 is mao wood ( 卯木 )
Aug 1 is chen earth ( 辰土 )
Note: change line 20.2
changes to 59.2 parent line
chen earth 辰土
Chen earth is the day of the
price drop. Aug 1 2014

7. The actual CNQ stock price
Date Open High Low Close Volume Adj Close*
Aug 1, 2014 47.38 47.49 45.76 45.95 4,687,300 45.95
Jul 31, 2014 48.78 48.84 47.51 47.53 2,318,600 47.53
Jul 30, 2014 48.46 49.06 48.36 48.86 3,077,500 48.86
Jul 29, 2014 48.02 48.66 48.02 48.26 1,089,400 48.26
Validation of theory via hands-on practice
Stock was sold at 48.80 after the reading on July 30, 2014.
The price drops to 45.95 within 2 days – Aug 1.
For each 100 shares, $295 was saved from the price drop.

8. 59: Trigram Relationship
Hexgram 59 风水涣 - 下坎上巽 consists of
• Line 1-3 (trigram kan water) – body trigram
• Line 4-6 (trigram sun wood) – utility trigram
• Water produces wood.
• Body produces utility trigram: 用生體財有進
益之喜 . This means on the day of reading (Jul
30): price is good for sell.

9. Trigram analysis –
when to sell
• When to sell?
• 欲知得財之日，生體之卦氣定之。
• In English, it means, the utility trigram is
water.
• Day of reading is ren water yin wood. ( 壬寅日
, July 30 2014); water produces wood.
• For the price to go up, it needs water. Sell on
water day (Day of reading: July 30 2014)

10. Change Line
(Officer Line 20.2)
官鬼（以下称官方）： 代表管理调控方面，政策。 Officer line is line 20.2
青龙 ▅▅ ▅▅ 官鬼乙巳火 ×→ ▅▅▅▅▅ 父母戊辰土 应
• It is officer line si fire.
• Si fire is the empty element under the year and day of the reading.
• Empty element means no policy to control price (free fall Willy)
Day of the reading:
干支：甲午年 辛未月 壬寅日 甲辰时
旬空：辰巳 戌亥 辰巳 寅卯

11. Meaning of 59.2
outcome of change line
59.2 is resulting change line: parent line chen earth
• 父母（以下称消息）： 代表信息宣传方面，股评。
• Parent line means news, commentary on stock
performance. Aftermath comment comes after the
drop from those investment agencies.
Day of the reading:
干支：甲午年 辛未月 壬寅日 甲辰时
旬空：辰巳 戌亥 辰巳 寅卯
辰 = Chen earth

12. Meaning of resulting change line
Day of the reading (Jul 30, 2014):
干支：甲午年 辛未月 壬寅日 甲辰时
旬空：辰巳 戌亥 辰巳 寅卯
59.2 parent line chen earth.
Chen earth is the empty element under the year
and day of the reading.
Chen earth is Aug 1: stock drops (to 45.95).
Reading date is July 30: Stock price still high.
Loss is $2.95 per share by Aug 1, 2014.

13. Change Line
• 动爻： 突发性因素，行情运行的主导力量
，如主力资金行为，政策变化等。
• Change line means the movement of the
capital.
• 20.2 is officer line yin wood changing to
parent line chen earth in hexgram 59.
• By the date of Chen earth Aug 1: sudden drop
in price.

14. Conclusion
Iching Reading was used to predict the time to
sell on Jul 30 before a sudden drop in value
(Aug 1).
The earning report will be announced on Aug 7
2014. What happens next to the price?
This is the story for another day. Too early to
predict…