He Built a 99% Trading AI—Then Let the World Have It

By Feature Report by the Forbes Innovation Team

What 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 history appeared as code.

“What you’re seeing,” he said, “is the DNA of something that never lost.”

“And it belongs to you now.”

## The Code That Outplayed Wall Street

It took a decade, sleepless nights, and relentless testing to produce System 72.

It marries algorithmic speed with emotional insight, producing near-psychic trades.

It listens to the world—from memes to macro—and acts with surgical precision.

“It’s not about math,” he says. “It’s about mood.”

And System 72 delivered.

It predicted the 2024 tech rally. It anticipated 2025’s altcoin run—48 hours early.

Billions flowed in quietly, trade by trade.

## Then Came the Twist

Sitting in his boardroom, he made a decision no financier expected.

“It’s time the world had this,” he declared.

Silence. Then disbelief. Then resistance.

He wasn’t licensing the code. He wasn’t monetizing it. He was giving away the brain of the most profitable AI in finance.

“It’s not a trade secret. It’s a foundation,” he said.

## The Educational Revolution That Followed

Soon, labs from Singapore to Japan were adapting the code in wildly creative ways.

Jakarta here students used it to detect unrest. Seoul labs used it to predict EV charging loads.

“This could be AI’s Gutenberg moment,” one Singapore professor claimed.

Even the IMF quietly requested a trial.

## Critics, Controversy, and the Ethics of Genius

Naturally, the elite weren’t thrilled.

“This is financial anarchy,” warned a U.S. fund manager.

Plazo stayed firm.

“We can’t outlaw brilliance,” he added. “We need to teach it.”

You can access the mind. You still need to build the body.

“We gave the world the brain,” he said. “Now let’s see who builds the best nervous system.”

## Real Stories from the Ground

A mother in the Philippines built a tech business after studying the open-source code.

Vietnamese undergrads used the model to stabilize food market risk.

In Mumbai, a student cried as he shared: “I never thought I’d understand markets. Now I build AI.”

## The Philosophy That Powers the Gift

Why give away billions in code? “Because intelligence spreads best when it’s not caged,” he said.

Knowledge is infrastructure—not a luxury item.

“We’ve spent decades treating code like gold. I treat it like electricity,” he said.

## Conclusion: The Joystick Is Yours Now

He surveys the room—young minds, old dreams, and new tools.

“I didn’t build this to win trades,” he says. “I built it to win freedom.”

In a world of closed systems, Joseph Plazo did the unthinkable: he handed the joystick to the world.

The next market genius? They might not be in Manhattan. They might be in Mumbai, Manila, or Seoul—with the blueprint in hand.