WALL STREET’S SMARTEST TRADING AI IS NOW IN STUDENTS’ HANDS

By Feature Report by the Forbes Innovation TeamWhat if someone created a market cheat code—and then uploaded it for the world to use?Hong Kong, 2025 — In a sunlit University of Hong Kong classroom, Joseph Plazo walked the stage like a code-wielding prophet.PhDs and programmers sat frozen, eyes locked on the projector as a piece of market histor

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaHe wasn’t from the finance elite. That’s how he beat them all.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a hot Quezon City apartment, with fans off and lights out, Joseph Plazo kept coding—driven by vision alone.His gear was outdated.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 and greed befo