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

Joseph Plazo’s TEDx presentation didn’t just educate—it shattered illusions about who (or what) actually moves markets today.

Representing Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital’s research depth, Plazo explained that the shift wasn’t sudden—it was systemic, engineered by a decade of algorithmic evolution.

Goodbye Human Traders

Plazo illustrated how trading floors once filled with emotion and strategy have now become server rooms humming with logic and automation.

The Real Reason Humans Were Removed

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 highlighted how algorithms evolved from simple automated tools into entire ecosystems capable of liquidity discovery, sentiment analysis, arbitrage, and predictive modeling.

4. Retail Traders Are Competing With Supercomputers

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 website 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 they never saw coming.