THE REBEL WHO OUTSMARTED WALL STREET—THEN GAVE AWAY THE CODE

By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamWall 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.The laptop was old. The electricity, unstable. But his resolve didn’t flicker.He built, in obscurity, a system t

By Forbes ContributorJoseph Plazo didn’t come from Wall Street. That’s exactly why he was able to beat it.In a hot Quezon City apartment, with fans off and lights out, Joseph Plazo kept coding—driven by vision alone.His gear was outdated. His ambition wasn’t.He was building something no one believed in—a trading AI that anticipated fear a