WHY A MARKET GENIUS GAVE THE WORLD HIS BRAINCHILD

What happens when someone creates a trading AI that humiliates Wall Street—and then open-sources it?Under a canopy of chandeliers in Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, Joseph Plazo stepped onto the stage, flash drive in hand.“This is the brain that beat the markets,” he said, lifting a USB. “And I’m giving it to the world.”You could hear t

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaHe 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.The laptop was old. The electricity, unstable. But his resolve didn’t flicker.He was coding a tool the world h