How Joseph Plazo Exposed a Decade of Algorithmic Takeover at TEDx

Joseph Plazo opened his TEDx speech not with optimism, but with a quiet bombshell: “If you think humans trade the markets today… you’re ten years late to the truth.” The crowd froze.

In true Plazo Sullivan fashion, he highlighted that the transition wasn’t about speed alone—it was about precision, risk mitigation, and emotionless execution.

1. The Death of the Trading Floor

He pointed out that while humans still “monitor,” algorithms now act.

2. Why Institutions Chose Algorithms

Plazo shared that within Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital, algorithmic systems outperform human traders consistently across risk metrics, slippage, execution cost, and bias elimination.

3. The Rise of Algorithmic Ecosystems

He described how these systems now manage everything from order execution to risk balancing—often with zero human intervention.

Why Most Humans Are Trading Against Machines

Yet, he also offered hope: humans can win—not by being faster, but by understanding more info how these systems think, move, and rebalance.

What the Audience Never Expected

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.