THE UNLIKELY GENIUS WHO CRACKED THE MARKET AND SHARED IT WITH THE WORLD

By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamJoseph Plazo didn’t come from Wall Street. That’s exactly why he was able to beat it.Quezon City, Philippines — A decade ago, Joseph Plazo coded algorithms during brownouts, lit by candles and ambition.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He was coding a tool the world hadn’t asked

What happens when someone creates a trading AI that humiliates Wall Street—and then open-sources it?Under a canopy of chandeliers in Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, Joseph Plazo stepped onto the stage, flash drive in hand.“This is the brain that beat the markets,” he said, lifting a USB. “And I’m giving it to the world.”You could hear t