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

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaJoseph 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.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He was coding a tool the world hadn’t asked for—an al

What happens when someone creates a trading AI that humiliates Wall Street—and then open-sources it?Singapore, 2025 — A hush fell over the Marina Bay Sands ballroom as Joseph Plazo stepped under the crystal chandeliers.“This,” he said, raising a tiny flash drive, “contains the code that made us billions. And I’m giving it away.”Shock