THE UNLIKELY GENIUS WHO CRACKED THE MARKET AND SHARED IT WITH THE WORLD

By Forbes ContributorHe wasn’t from the finance elite. That’s how he beat them all.Quezon City, Philippines — Ten years ago, Joseph Plazo sat under flickering candlelight, debugging neural nets while the city powered down.His gear was outdated. His ambition wasn’t.He was building something no one believed in—a trading AI that anticipated