Joseph Plazo began his TEDx talk with a jolt: “If you don’t know how to trade the 9:30 AM open, you’re not trading the market—you’re trading its shadows.”Plazo stressed that the 9:30 AM open is where algorithms expose their intent—if you know how to read them.Why the Open Isn’t RandomHe showed the audience how institutional algos ag

Joseph Plazo began his TEDx talk with a jolt: “If you don’t know how to trade the 9:30 AM open, you’re not trading the market—you’re trading its shadows.”He emphasized that the volatility at 9:30 AM isn’t chaos—it’s liquidity engineering performed by institutions and automated systems.1. “The Market Opens Where Liquidity Is Need