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.”
Speaking through the analytical frameworks of Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital, Plazo revealed that every NY Open follows a script, even if retail traders don’t see it.
1. “The Market Opens Where Liquidity Is Needed”
He noted that learning this alone transforms how traders view the opening bell.
2. The First 5 Minutes Are a Trap—By Design
He cautioned that entering too early means donating liquidity to algos.
3. The Real Opportunity Comes From the First Displacement
He explained that this candle exposes institutional intent more reliably than any indicator.
Why Indicators Fail at the Open
He explained that institutions trade liquidity sweeps, Fair Value Gaps, pre-market imbalances, and opening range deviations—not moving averages.
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A break and retest of this range—combined with displacement and a liquidity sweep—creates one of the highest-probability trades of the entire day.
What the Audience Never Expected
When the talk ended, the crowd understood something they’d never considered:
the New York Open isn’t chaotic—it’s engineered.
And if you learn the engineering, you learn the trade.
Joseph Plazo transformed the NY Open from a mystery into a map—one that traders can follow with confidence, discipline, and institutional logic.