THE REBEL WHO OUTSMARTED WALL STREET—THEN GAVE AWAY THE CODE

By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamJoseph Plazo didn’t come from Wall Street. That’s exactly why he was able to beat it.Quezon City, Philippines — A decade ago, Joseph Plazo coded algorithms during brownouts, lit by candles and ambition.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He built, in obscurity, a system that sensed e