Joseph Plazo’s TEDx Revelation: Why Human Traders Lost the Market to Machines

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

Drawing on data from Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital, he showed that algorithms now dominate more than 80% of global market volume, rendering human decision-making largely ceremonial.

1. The Death of the Trading Floor

He pointed out that while humans still “monitor,” algorithms now act.

2. Why Institutions Chose Algorithms

He summed it up elegantly: “Institutions don’t trust humans to protect capital. They trust math.”

3. The Rise of Algorithmic Ecosystems

He described how these systems now manage everything from order execution to risk balancing—often with zero human intervention.

Why Most Humans Are Trading Against Machines

Yet, he also offered hope: humans can win—not by being faster, but by understanding how these systems think, move, and rebalance.

What the Audience Never Expected

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 check here they never saw coming.