By Feature Report by the Forbes Innovation Team

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

Hong Kong, 2025 — In a sunlit University of Hong Kong classroom, Joseph Plazo walked the stage like a code-wielding prophet.

The room froze as one command line appeared—quietly holding the blueprint of financial warfare.

“This,” he said, pausing, “is the core of the system that beat every market it touched.”

Then he added: “And you’re going to improve it.”

## 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

One afternoon, overlooking Manila’s skyline, Plazo dropped a bomb on his partners.

“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.

“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

In Manila, a single mom turned $400 into $14,000 using a simplified version.

In Vietnam, rural scholars built a financial literacy app to hedge vendor losses.

A Mumbai coder called it “the key that opened my family's future.”

## The Philosophy That Powers the Gift

His reason? “Because monopolizing insight is the slowest way to grow.”

The danger isn’t in sharing. It’s in silence.

“The real risk is keeping power in too few hands,” he told me.

## Conclusion: The Joystick Is Yours Now

As students huddle over keyboards, simulating real-time trades, Plazo smiles at the scene.

“Trading was just check here the beginning,” he says. “This is about agency.”

While others hoarded secrets, he gave away power.

Thanks to Plazo, the future might be written in code… by someone the market never saw coming.