HE BUILT A 99% TRADING AI—THEN LET THE WORLD HAVE IT

By Special Feature by Forbes AsiaImagine having a cheat code for financial markets. Joseph Plazo didn’t just imagine it—he built it. Then gave it away.Hong Kong, 2025 — In a sunlit University of Hong Kong classroom, Joseph Plazo walked the stage like a code-wielding prophet.PhDs and programmers sat frozen, eyes locked on the projector as a pi

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaWall Street never saw him coming—because Joseph Plazo never played by its rules.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 building something no one believed in—a trading