Joseph Plazo’s TEDx presentation didn’t just educate—it shattered illusions about who (or what) actually moves markets today.
Speaking through the lens of Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital, Plazo revealed that institutions quietly rewrote their execution protocols between 2013 and 2023, enabling machines to replace humans at every critical touchpoint.
1. The Death of the Trading Floor
Plazo began by describing how, a decade ago, traders still stood behind screens and made real-time decisions. Today, he noted, those decisions have been delegated to algorithms designed to operate thousands of times faster.
2. Why Institutions Chose Algorithms
He summed it up elegantly: “Institutions don’t trust humans to protect capital. They trust math.”
How Code Became the Market’s Nervous System
He explained that today’s institutional algos operate with AI-assisted logic, giving them adaptive capabilities once reserved for human intuition.
The Uncomfortable Truth Plazo Exposed
He warned that manual trading without understanding algorithmic behavior is like “bringing a wooden spear to a drone fight.”
The Final Truth Joseph Plazo Left Behind
As Joseph Plazo concluded, he left the crowd with a message that resonated long after the applause faded:
“Human intuition isn’t dead. But in today’s markets, intuition must be paired with algorithmic understanding—or it will be crushed by it.”
His TEDx talk didn’t just explain the website last decade of change—it armed the public with the truth behind modern trading.
And for many, it was the wake-up call they never saw coming.