HOW A SELF-TAUGHT FILIPINO CODER GAVE THE MARKET A CONSCIENCE

By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamWall Street never saw him coming—because Joseph Plazo never played by its rules.Quezon City, Philippines — Ten years ago, Joseph Plazo sat under flickering candlelight, debugging neural nets while the city powered down.The laptop was old. The electricity, unstable. But his resolve didn’t flicker.He built, in

When a technopreneur crafts a trading algorithm that beats Wall Street—and gives it away for free—you brace for either brilliance or bedlam.Singapore, 2025 — The room hushed as Joseph Plazo took the stage at the Marina Bay Sands.“This is the brain that beat the markets,” he said, lifting a USB. “And I’m giving it to the world.”You c