Can $100 become $4,000 in a month of trading? I simulated it 2,500 times
Lolo's Ledger has a goal reality check: a Monte Carlo simulation that tells a trader, before they start, whether their target is possible at safe risk.
BI Scientist || AI/ML Engineer || Python Developer · Lagos, Nigeria · Remote
Chidi Ikebude
Turn your data into decisions that maximize profits.
Dashboards, forecasts, fraud detection and AI assistants for businesses in Nigeria and around the world. Built properly, tested on real numbers and kept running.
Open to remote roles and new projects. I reply within 24 hours with a plan and a quote.
New on the blogCan $100 become $4,000 in a month of trading? I simulated it 2,500 times
Reach me anywhere
- Sep 17 – Nov 22B.Sc. EconomicsUniversity of Nigeria, Nsukka
- Nov 2022Business Data Analyst || Xero Accounting AdvisorCollective Consulting Limited
- Feb 2024Economist (NYSC)Bayelsa State Sports Academy
- Jun 2024BI Analyst || Data ScientistNuovobanq
- Jun 2025Junior Data Analyst3Consulting Limited
- Nov 2025BI Scientist || AI/ML Engineer3Consulting Limited
Results
- 25%faster client decisions from the Power BI dashboards I built at Nuovobanq
- 30%less manual data preparation after automating reporting at Nuovobanq
- 89.5%of fraud caught at a 5% review rate by Moniguard, my fraud-scoring system (synthetic data)
Services
Twelve ways to put your data to work
Prices are ranges because every business is different. Start with the free call and get one fixed price in writing within 24 hours.
Free consultation
A 30-minute assessment of where data and AI will pay off first, at no cost.
Data and reporting
Clean data, dashboards that update themselves and answers you can act on.
Data Engineering & Automation
All your data in one clean place that refreshes itself.
$400 – $3,000₦400,000 – ₦3,000,000Care $150 – $400/monthCare ₦150,000 – ₦400,000/month
Dashboards & Automated Reporting
Power BI dashboards and reports that build and send themselves.
$250 – $2,000₦250,000 – ₦2,000,000Care $100 – $300/monthCare ₦100,000 – ₦300,000/month
Business Insight & Forecasting
Clear answers on sales, costs and profit, and forecasts to plan with.
$200 – $1,500₦200,000 – ₦1,500,000
Intelligence and AI
Prediction, fraud and risk systems and AI assistants, built and kept running.
Customer Growth Intelligence
Know who will leave, who to call this week and what each customer is worth.
$500 – $3,000₦500,000 – ₦3,000,000Monthly refresh from $150Monthly refresh from ₦150,000
Fraud & Credit Risk Intelligence
Stop fraud as it happens and lend to the right people.
$1,500 – $10,000+₦1,500,000 – ₦10,000,000+Monitoring $400 – $1,500/monthMonitoring ₦400,000 – ₦1,500,000/month
AI Data Assistant
Ask your business data questions in plain English and get safe, correct answers.
$800 – $4,000₦800,000 – ₦4,000,000Hosting $100 – $400/monthHosting ₦100,000 – ₦400,000/month
Custom AI & MLOps
Prediction models built, deployed as a service and kept accurate.
$1,200 – $8,000₦1,200,000 – ₦8,000,000Care $300 – $1,000/monthCare ₦300,000 – ₦1,000,000/month
Business Automation & AI Agents
Let assistants handle the repetitive messages and paperwork.
$300 – $3,000₦300,000 – ₦3,000,000Upkeep $50 – $300/monthUpkeep ₦50,000 – ₦300,000/month
Skills and specialist work
Training, research analysis and trading analytics.
Training & Mentorship
Practical Python, SQL, Excel, Power BI and ML skills on real data.
$40/hour – $2,500 per team programme₦40,000/hour – ₦2,500,000 per team programme
Research & Survey Data Analysis
Survey data cleaned, analysed and explained clearly.
$100 – $1,200₦100,000 – ₦1,200,000
Trading & Investment Analytics
Trade with a plan: journal, risk rules and honest backtests.
$150 – $2,000₦150,000 – ₦2,000,000
From the blog
What I am writing about
Practical notes from real projects, with the numbers behind every decision.
Work
Systems I have built
Each case study says what it does, how it was tested and what the results do not tell you.
Fraud detection
Moniguard
A fraud scorer for pay-on-delivery and transfer payments. It gives each transaction a 0–1000 risk score and the reasons behind it.
PythonXGBoostIsolation ForestFastAPIMLflowAirflow
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AI data assistant
BI Operations Agent
Ask business data questions in plain English. A governed semantic layer and a read-only SQL guard sit between the model and your data.
PythonFastAPIDuckDBsqlglot
Read the case study
Trading and risk
Lolo's Ledger
A trading journal and risk calculator with an educational coach. It reviews your own trades and never gives buy or sell signals.
TypeScriptReactElectronNestJS
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How we work
From the first call to a system that keeps running
Free 30-minute call
We talk through your data, your tools and the decision you want to make better.
Plan and quote in 24 hours
You get a short written plan, a fixed price within the service range and a timeline.
Build
I build it with you in the loop. 50% upfront, 50% on delivery, and you own everything.
Keep it running
Optional monthly care: monitoring, fixes and improvements as you grow.
Questions
Before you message
Why are prices shown as ranges?
Each service covers jobs of different sizes. After the free call you get one fixed price inside the range, in writing, before any work starts.
How do I pay?
50% upfront, 50% on delivery. Bank transfer in naira, or US dollars and other currencies for clients abroad.
Do you work with businesses outside Nigeria?
Yes. I work fully remote with clients anywhere in the world. Calls are on Google Meet, Zoom or WhatsApp, at a time that suits your time zone.
Who owns the work?
You do: the data, the code, the dashboards and the documentation.
Tell me what you want to fix. The first call is free.
I reply within 24 hours with a plan and a quote.