Wall Street’s Smartest Trading AI Is Now in Students’ Hands
Wall Street’s Smartest Trading AI Is Now in Students’ Hands
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By Guest Columnist, Forbes Tech Desk
The man who outplayed the market didn’t lock away his creation. He set it free.
In a lecture hall humming with anticipation, Joseph Plazo stood before a crowd ready to rewrite how markets are understood.
Students leaned forward. Professors clicked record. A single line of code flashed onto the screen.
“This line of code,” he said, “is what beat Wall Street.”
“And now it’s yours to evolve.”
## The Code That Outplayed Wall Street
Godmode—formally known as System 72—emerged after 12 years and 71 failures.
It marries algorithmic speed with emotional insight, producing near-psychic trades.
It listens to the world—from memes to macro—and acts with surgical precision.
“It’s not about math,” he says. “It’s about mood.”
And System 72 delivered.
It predicted the 2024 tech rally. It anticipated 2025’s altcoin run—48 hours early.
Billions flowed in quietly, trade by trade.
## Then Came the Twist
Sitting in his boardroom, he made a decision no financier expected.
“I’m releasing the core engine to the public,” he told his team.
It wasn’t a joke. It was a paradigm shift.
No hedge fund exclusives. No paywalls. Just code—for students.
“Genius shouldn’t be hoarded,” Plazo told Forbes. “It should be cultivated.”
## The Educational Revolution That Followed
Soon, labs from Singapore to Japan were adapting the code in wildly creative ways.
Jakarta students used it to detect unrest. Seoul labs used it to predict EV charging loads.
“It’s not just a financial AI anymore,” said Professor Takahashi of Tokyo University.
International agencies asked for a look under the hood.
## Critics, Controversy, and the Ethics of Genius
Some called it dangerous. Others called it disruptive.
“This is financial anarchy,” warned a U.S. fund manager.
Plazo stayed firm.
“We can’t outlaw brilliance,” he added. “We need to teach it.”
He retained control of execution layers, capital buffers, and trading safeguards.
“The skeleton’s yours to build,” he added.
## Real Stories from the Ground
A part-time data analyst in Manila launched a startup after six months of trading.
In Vietnam, rural scholars built a financial read more literacy app to hedge vendor losses.
In Mumbai, a student cried as he shared: “I never thought I’d understand markets. Now I build AI.”
## The Philosophy That Powers the Gift
Why give away billions in code? “Because intelligence spreads best when it’s not caged,” he said.
The danger isn’t in sharing. It’s in silence.
“We’ve spent decades treating code like gold. I treat it like electricity,” he said.
## Conclusion: The Joystick Is Yours Now
He surveys the room—young minds, old dreams, and new tools.
“I didn’t build this to win trades,” he says. “I built it to win freedom.”
In a world of closed systems, Joseph Plazo did the unthinkable: he handed the joystick to the world.
Thanks to Plazo, the future might be written in code… by someone the market never saw coming.