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.
Representing Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital’s research depth, Plazo explained that the shift wasn’t sudden—it was systemic, engineered by a decade of algorithmic evolution.
The Silent Extinction of Manual Trading
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.”
3. The Rise of Algorithmic Ecosystems
Plazo told the audience that algorithms no longer follow the market—they shape it.
Why Most Humans Are Trading Against Machines
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 website 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.