By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamHe 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a hot Quezon City apartment, with fans off and lights out, Joseph Plazo kept coding—driven by vision alone.His gear was outdated.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
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By Forbes ContributorHe 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a hot Quezon City apartment, with fans off and lights out, Joseph Plazo kept coding—driven by vision alone.His gear was outdated.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 coding a tool the world hadn’t asked for—an algorithm that could feel panic before it showed up
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By Special Report by Forbes Technology DeskHe 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.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He was coding a tool the world hadn’t