Joseph Plazo’s TEDx Shockwave: How Algorithms Quietly Replaced Human Traders

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.

1. The Death of the Trading Floor

He explained that the traditional trader—the one analyzing charts and making judgment calls—has been replaced by execution models capable of scanning millions of data points in microseconds.

The Institutional Motive Behind Automation

He explained that emotion, fatigue, hesitation, and bias are liabilities in a world where markets move in milliseconds.

From Simple Bots to Market-Shaping Systems

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 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 website they never saw coming.