Publications | Sebastien M. Laignel

Local AI

How to Build a Self-Hosted AI Automation Pipeline with Docker, n8n, Ollama, and Telegram

AI Advances • Sep 15, 2025 • 13 min read

Complete guide to building a self-hosted AI automation pipeline using Docker, n8n workflows, Ollama for local LLMs, and Telegram for notifications.

OpenAI on your desk: Why Moving to Local Models

AI Advances • Aug 8, 2025 • 7 min read

How to Shift Projects in a Rapidly Evolving Environment - exploring the benefits and practical considerations of running large language models locally.

Trading Strategies

Trading Small Caps

InsiderFinance Wire • Dec 16, 2024

The difficult exercise of balancing risk and reward.

Outperforming the Market (1000% in 10 years)

Coinmonks • Sep 15, 2024

Blending Momentum and Mean-Reversion scorings.

Using adaptative Laguerre filter in trend following strategies

Coinmonks • Sep 13, 2024

From Schrodinger equation to technical trading.

Trading TLT at the turn of the month

InsiderFinance Wire • Sep 26, 2024

Returning 18% CAGR since 2020 in an underlying bearish market.

Trading SPY on Mean-Reversion

InsiderFinance Wire • Mar 15, 2024

Achieving a 7% Return with minimal market exposure.

Trading Silver on Mean-Reversion

InsiderFinance Wire • Mar 7, 2024

How to use Bollinger Bands and RSI to hedge physical asset.

Quantitative Finance Automation & LLM Pair-Coding

Towards Automating Quantitative Finance Research

AI Advances • Dec 16, 2024

A presentation of the QuantCoder project.

From Finance Papers to Trading Algorithms

AI Advances • Oct 1, 2024

Integrated Extraction and Coding of Alpha Research.

Is JSON All You Need?

AI Advances • Oct 27, 2024

Building an AI trading assistant with MyShell.

Trading Operator App powered by MyShell

MyShell App

Interactive AI trading assistant application.

Searching Academic Articles with Python and the CrossRef API

Python in Plain English • Oct 10, 2024

Essential Data Gathering for Quantitative Workflows.

Fetching Interactive Brokers Historical Data

InsiderFinance Wire • Sep 25, 2024

A step-by-step guide using IB_insync.

LLM Pair-programming in Algorithmic Trading

Python in Plain English • Mar 2, 2024

Optimizing Python and QuantConnect Development with AI.

Integrating GPT-4 in Financial Trading Analysis

InsiderFinance Wire • Dec 1, 2023

How a Simple Script Can Preemptively Guide Your Trading Decisions.

Stock Analysis

Assessing ROA and ROE in Selecting Undervalued Stocks

InsiderFinance Wire • Dec 7, 2023

A Study on ROA and ROE's Efficiency in Low-Valuation Universe with Quantconnect.

Quantifying Portfolio downside risk using Python

InsiderFinance Wire • Jan 7, 2024

Beyond a bootstrap Calculation of Value-at-Risk.

An OOP integration of FinViz Data for quantitative trading

InsiderFinance Wire • Feb 16, 2024

Developing securities universe classes in Python.

An object-oriented framework for algorithmic trading

Stackademic • Feb 14, 2024

Universes, Alpha signals and Portfolio models using ib_insync.

Identifying BreakOut Stocks with Python: a data-driven selection guide

InsiderFinance Wire • Nov 10, 2023

An extension of previously introduced AI-driven stocks selection methodology, focusing on actionable Python code.

Using Fundamental analysis to identify undervalued stocks

InsiderFinance Wire • Oct 15, 2023

Fundamental screening techniques for value investing.

Clustering and Forecasting

Stocks Clustering: The Coded Approach

InsiderFinance Wire • Oct 8, 2023

Machine learning approaches to stock clustering and portfolio construction.

Predicting Intraday Market Direction

InsiderFinance Wire • Nov 27, 2023

Time series analysis for intraday market prediction.

Can ARIMA predict the next direction of the US Equities market

InsiderFinance Wire • Nov 1, 2023

Testing ARIMA models for market direction forecasting.

Forecasting the daily closing value of SPY with ARIMA and LSTM models in Python

Python in Plain English • Oct 25, 2023

Comparing traditional and deep learning approaches to time series forecasting.

AI in Legal Reasoning

An Evaluation of AI in Legal Reasoning

AI Advances • Aug 5, 2023

Can ChatGPT help legal practitioners?

General AI

Learning Foreign Languages with MyShell

AI Advances • Sep 14, 2024

Design your own AI teaching assistant.

Slovene chat assistant with MyShell

MyShell App

Interactive AI assistant for learning Slovenian language.

Italian chat assistant with MyShell

MyShell App

Interactive AI assistant for learning Italian language.

How to build Conversational AI for Education with Python

AI Advances • Nov 7, 2023

Building Dual-Agents Chatbots with Python: Harnessing AI for Targeted Knowledge Acquisition and Automated Learning.

2050 World Forecast: Insights from AI Futurist & Policy Advisor

Nov 21, 2023

AI-driven analysis of future global trends and policy implications.

Exploring Climate Challenges: A Simulated AI Dialogue Between Policy Maker and Climate Expert

AI Advances • Nov 20, 2023

Multi-agent AI conversation exploring climate policy challenges.

Dual-agent Chatbots and Expert System Design

Towards Dev • Nov 13, 2023

Architecture and design patterns for multi-agent AI systems.

International Maritime Law

Une analyse de la sentence arbitrale rendue dans le différend maritime du Golfe de Piran entre la Slovénie et la Croatie

Neptune, Centre de droit maritime et océanique, Université de Nantes • Oct 10, 2024

Analysis of the arbitral award in the Gulf of Piran maritime dispute between Slovenia and Croatia.

Ship Operations

L'exploitation des navires citernes: pétroliers, chimiquiers, gaziers

Infomer • Nov 18, 2008 • 424 pages

Comprehensive guide to tanker operations: oil tankers, chemical carriers, and gas carriers.