JOSEPH PLAZO OUTSMARTED WALL STREET—AND HANDED THE PLAYBOOK TO STUDENTS

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaHe wasn’t from the finance elite. That’s how he beat them all.Quezon City, Philippines — A decade ago, Joseph Plazo coded algorithms during brownouts, lit by candles and ambition.His gear was outdated. His ambition wasn’t.He was building something no one believed in—a trading AI that anticipated fear and gre