By Special Feature by Forbes Asia

Imagine having a cheat code for financial markets. Joseph Plazo didn’t just imagine it—he built it. Then gave it away.

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.

System 72 blends behavioral forecasting, sentiment parsing, and high-frequency trade logic.

It scrapes Reddit threads, decodes Fed speech stress levels, reads derivatives flow, and parses tweet tone.

“Markets aren’t equations,” Plazo explains. “They’re emotional theaters.”

What followed was a masterclass in predictive finance.

It shorted dips, longed rallies, and sidestepped black swans.

System 72 wasn’t just smart. It was surgical.

## 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.

He wasn’t licensing the code. He wasn’t monetizing it. He was giving away the brain of the most profitable AI in finance.

“It’s not a trade secret. It’s a foundation,” he said.

## The Educational Revolution That Followed

In days, academic labs began rewriting what AI could do with the System 72 core.

Singaporean students created trading bots. In Taipei, it powered disaster simulations. In Seoul, it optimized electric grid forecasting.

“It’s the scaffolding for a thousand future systems,” said a Kyoto researcher.

Global regulators? Watching—and learning.

## Critics, Controversy, and the Ethics of Genius

Of course, not everyone cheered.

“This could destabilize global markets,” one investment firm claimed.

The noise didn’t shake his belief.

“Tools don’t decide morality,” he said. “People do.”

Only the logic is open. The machinery remains secure.

“The spark is free. The fire’s up to you.”

## 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 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 here 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.

The next market genius? They might not be in Manhattan. They might be in Mumbai, Manila, or Seoul—with the blueprint in hand.