Joseph Plazo’s TEDx session wasn’t just a talk; it was a front-row seat to institutional discipline, surgical timing, and the invisible systems that guard hedge-fund capital.
Representing the research ethos of Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital, Plazo highlighted that institutional traders don’t “enter trades”—they engineer them.
Why Hedge Funds Only Enter at Key Price Architecture
In his TEDx talk, Plazo described market structure as the “language of institutional intent.”
2. Liquidity First, Direction Second
Plazo unpacked how hedge funds follow a strict liquidity-first model: they wait for stops, imbalances, or inefficiencies before stepping in.
Institutional Entries Require Force, check here Not Hope
This, he noted, is how funds avoid “knife-catching” and reckless guessing.
4. Re-Entry Is the Real Entry
He emphasized that waiting for mitigation dramatically reduces drawdown and increases strike rate.
Fewer Trades, Higher Accuracy
Plazo confronted the crowd with an uncomfortable truth: hedge funds win by not trading—by filtering 95% of noise.
What Joseph Plazo Ultimately Proved
By the end of the talk, the crowd understood something profound: hedge-fund trading isn’t mysterious—it’s methodical.