From the first minute of his TEDx keynote, Joseph Plazo rewrote the audience’s understanding of modern finance. Human intuition, he explained, was dethroned by code long ago.
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.
Goodbye Human Traders
In his words: “Human traders became referees—not players.”
The Institutional Motive Behind Automation
He summed it up elegantly: “Institutions don’t trust humans to protect capital. They trust math.”
From Simple Bots here to Market-Shaping Systems
Plazo told the audience that algorithms no longer follow the market—they shape it.
4. Retail Traders Are Competing With Supercomputers
Plazo didn’t sugarcoat it. Retail traders today unknowingly compete with AI-enhanced supercomputers that see liquidity, volume, and structure at a depth no human can.
5. The TEDx Message That Hit Hard
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 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.