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

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.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He was building something no one believed in—a trading AI that anticipa

By Guest Columnist, Forbes Tech DeskThe man who outplayed the market didn’t lock away his creation. He set it free.In a lecture hall humming with anticipation, Joseph Plazo stood before a crowd ready to rewrite how markets are understood.The room froze as one command line appeared—quietly holding the blueprint of financial warfare.“This,” h