Independent review · August 2026
The Insiders Pro Plan review 2026: unusually transparent, and worth testing cheap first
Desi's Pro Plan promises something specific — every entry, every exit, the exact P&L, live — rather than a vague mentorship pitch. The honest way in is the community's own cheaper tool, not the $199 tier straight away.
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Verdict
A specific, checkable promise — and a smart cheaper on-ramp. Showing every entry and exit live, rather than a curated highlight reel, is a real structural advantage, and the community publishes a genuinely useful $29.99 levels tool that lets you test Desi's technical approach before committing $199 a month to live mentorship. It is held back by no audited track record for either product, a steep price jump between the two tiers, and a FAQ that asks its own unanswerable question — "will I be successful?"
Before anything else. Options and futures are leveraged, fast-moving instruments. An option can expire completely worthless — a total loss of the premium — and futures can lose more than your initial margin on an adverse move. Published data on retail derivatives accounts has repeatedly shown most of them lose money. Watching a mentor trade live does not transfer their account size, risk tolerance or years of screen time to you. Nothing here is financial advice. Only trade money you could lose in full.
Overview
What it is
The Insiders Pro Plan is live options and futures mentorship on Whop run by Vincent Desiano, known in the community as Desi. Daily sessions use real-time screen sharing so members see every entry, every exit and the exact P&L as trades happen, alongside intra-day commentary and trade ideas. The same community sells a separate, cheaper product — My LVLS on Your Chart — which pushes hand-drawn daily key levels to TradingView or ThinkorSwim. 15,451 accounts have joined the wider community, 1,104 hold the Pro Plan specifically, and the community is rated 4.8 from 710 verified buyers.
The two products, side by side
Which one are you actually buying?
| The Insiders Pro Plan | My LVLS on Your Chart | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199/mo | $29.99/mo (or $299.99/yr) |
| What it is | Live mentorship, real-time screen sharing | Daily hand-drawn levels on your chart |
| Members | 1,104 | 405 |
| Best for | Watching live decision-making, not just levels | A cheaper way to test the technical approach first |
Full pricing detail for both, including the Pro Plan's 3-month and 6-month options, is on our pricing page.
Scoring
Seven marks and the reasoning
Our own editorial assessment, not data from Whop.
The Pro Plan's own description promises every entry, every exit and the exact P&L shown live — not just winning highlights. That is a specific, checkable claim rather than a vague promise of mentorship.
Levels are drawn fresh every morning before the open rather than generated once and left static, and the zones update live as price breaks them. Reviewers who build their own indicators say they could not replicate the logic.
15,451 joined the wider community, 1,104 on the Pro Plan itself. A large enough base that the review record means something, without being so large the room feels empty of the mentor's presence.
$29.99/month for daily hand-drawn levels on six core symbols plus rotating equities is a reasonable price for a tool many members credit directly, and it is a sensible way to sample Desi's work before the Pro Plan's much larger commitment.
$199 against $29.99 is a roughly 6.6× jump for live mentorship over the standalone levels. Reasonable if live screen-sharing and real-time commentary are genuinely what you want; steep if you mainly wanted the levels.
No audited track record for either product. The Pro Plan's P&L is shown live in session, which is more verifiable in the moment than a screenshot — but nothing is captured or published afterward for outside review.
The Pro Plan states its philosophy is teaching you to trade rather than to follow, which is the right instinct for beginners. But options and futures are leveraged instruments and the FAQ itself asks bluntly whether you will be successful — a question with no guaranteed answer regardless of the mentor.
Both columns
Pros and cons
What works
- Every entry, every exit and the exact P&L shown live — not a curated recap
- A cheaper standalone tool exists to test the approach for a sixth of the price
- 15,451 joined, a genuinely active community rather than a quiet server
- Levels are redrawn fresh each morning, not a static formula
- Reviewers who build their own indicators say they could not replicate the logic
- The community's own FAQ is unusually candid about not guaranteeing success
What does not
- No audited track record for either product
- $199 is roughly 6.6× the levels tool's price for the jump to live mentorship
- ThinkorSwim support is currently limited to four symbols, TradingView gets the rest
- Most short reviews reference the levels tool, not the live sessions this page covers
- 10 one-star ratings out of 710 — more than two- and three-star combined
- Options and futures remain leveraged instruments regardless of mentor quality
Ratings breakdown
The full distribution, not just the average
The full distribution rather than just the average. This rating covers the community's products together — 10 ratings sit at one star out of 710, more than the two- and three-star ratings combined, which we show rather than hide.
All ten
Every review we could collect
Summarised in our own words from the public listing, most detailed first. Notice how many simply thank "Desi" for the daily levels — a sign much of this rating pool is judging the cheaper product, not the one this page is about.
The most detailed review on the listing. Says the levels are consistently precise and the watchlist is built with real experience rather than random names thrown out. Values that the service explains why levels matter rather than just handing over ideas, and plans to upgrade his subscription for more.
Says he scripts his own indicators, including a suite he calls Magnet Mapping, and could not get his own logic to match what Desi's levels produce no matter how hard he tried. Rates it educational as well as useful even for someone building their own edge.
Has watched Desi's watchlist and YouTube for a while and says it is finally clicking. Rates him one of the best teachers and calls him transparent.
A year after purchase, credits Desi with changing more than his finances — his mindset and perspective — and praises his character as much as his teaching.
Says she loves listening to the morning chart analysis and finds the insight and honesty refreshing.
A few months in, says he truly appreciates the daily work that goes into the key levels.
Short and positive.
Two days in, thanks Desi directly.
Short thanks.
Short thanks.
The mentor
Who is Vincent Desiano?
Vincent Desiano, known as Desi in the community, is based in Cape Coral, US, and the listing " "credits him with over ten years of technical analysis experience. His own description of the " "community states it takes what he calls a no-B.S. approach, built for focused traders wanting " "real-time insight, structured learning and a supportive environment — with an explicit emphasis on " "emotional control and risk management alongside the trading itself.
Reviewers consistently describe him as transparent and patient, several noting they followed his " "YouTube and watchlist for weeks before subscribing to anything. That is a pattern worth trusting on " "its own — a mentor whose free output is convincing enough to sell the paid product gives you real, " "no-cost evidence to judge him by.
What we could not find, and what the listing does not claim either, is an independently audited " "trading record. The live-session transparency is real and specific — you see the trade as it " "happens — but nothing is captured and published afterward for outside review.
Why we use the brand mark, not a photo
Deliberate. This is an independent affiliate site, not his. Using a personal photograph in the header of a third-party site makes it look official when it is not, so we use the community's own logo for identification and nothing more.