Vincent Desiano

About Vincent Desiano

Vincent Desiano is an options and stock trader and the founder of The Insiders, known for his Break and Retest trading model. He has more than 12 years in the markets and over $1 million in verified lifetime profit and loss. His teaching is built on a single principle: educate traders, don't create dependents.

From Finance Track to Full-Time Trading

Vincent discovered the financial world on his 18th birthday, the day he watched The Wolf of Wall Street and knew he wanted in. He headed to college on an investment banking track, but a hard look at the hours analysts actually worked sent him searching for another path into finance. He found the stock market, and he was hooked instantly.

After college he took a role at a Fortune 500 company and traded on the side, learning the markets in the margins of a full-time job. What followed is the part most educators leave out: he was unprofitable for his first five years. No shortcut, no overnight success, just five years of paying tuition to the market before he finally turned the corner. When Covid moved the world to working from home, Vincent seized the opening to turn a side passion into a full-time career. In his tenth year as a trader, he crossed $1,000,000 in lifetime profit and loss, proof that a disciplined, repeatable process compounds when you stick with it.

How Vincent Trades Break and Retest

Vincent's primary strategy is the Break and Retest, a patient, confirmation-based approach built on key levels, supply and demand, and pre-market structure. Rather than chasing the first breakout, he waits for price to break an important level, return to retest it, and confirm the level is holding before he acts. The real work happens before the trade: he marks the levels that matter, identifies where supply and demand sit, then lets the retest become the decision point. It is the same supply and demand and key-level methodology he runs in his own account every morning, taught as a framework members can execute with patience and discipline.

Every morning before the open, Vincent runs a live pre-market stream on his YouTube channel, walking traders through the key levels that matter and laying out a clear thesis for the session ahead. It is the same prep he does for his own account, shared in real time so members walk into the day with a plan.

Beyond the Charts

Vincent is the founder of The Insiders, a community of more than 4,000 traders built on one principle: educate traders, don't create dependents. His approach is deliberately anti-guru, with no copy-the-calls culture and no get-rich promises, just the methodology he trades himself. More than anything, Vincent loves watching traders succeed with the education The Insiders provides. Nothing means more to him than seeing a member finally turn the corner, because he knows better than anyone how long that road can be and how worth it the destination is.

Learn From Vincent Desiano on Chart Academy

Vincent recorded a five-lesson masterclass on Chart Academy that breaks his Break and Retest strategy into four clear steps. He covers how to identify the key levels that actually matter, why the break is the trigger for interest and not the entry, how to read price action on the retest, and how to manage the trade with the 10-2-2 position sizing rule, fixed risk, and positive expectancy. It includes a full live pre-market charting session on Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures and four real trade examples showing the playbook executed in live markets.

The masterclass is now live on Chart Academy. Watch it free here.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Vincent Desiano?

‍Vincent Desiano is an options and stock trader and the founder of The Insiders, known for the Break and Retest trading model. He has more than 12 years in the markets and over $1 million in verified lifetime profit and loss.

‍What markets does Vincent Desiano trade?

‍Vincent Desiano trades stocks and options, with a focus on index names such as the Nasdaq and S&P 500.

What is Vincent Desiano's trading strategy?

‍Vincent Desiano's trading strategy is the Break and Retest. He waits for price to break an important key level, return to retest it, and confirm the level is holding before entering, using pre-market structure and supply and demand to define the trade in advance.

‍What can I learn from Vincent Desiano on Chart Academy?

‍On Chart Academy, Vincent Desiano teaches a five-lesson masterclass covering the Break and Retest model, key levels, pre-market planning, supply and demand, reading price action on the retest, and disciplined execution with fixed risk and the 10-2-2 position sizing rule.

What is Chart Academy?

‍Chart Academy is a free, all-in-one trading education platform designed to help traders learn real, practical skills from world-class traders. It offers in-depth masterclasses taught by real traders across stocks, options, futures, forex, crypto, and trading psychology.

In addition to educational content, Chart Academy includes personalized learning paths, downloadable resources, and access to exclusive tools and rewards, all in one place. There are no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no credit card required. The goal is to make high-quality trading education accessible, practical, and easy to follow for traders of all levels.

What is The Insiders?

‍The Insiders is a trading education community founded by Vincent Desiano with more than 4,000 members. It is built on an anti-guru philosophy focused on teaching traders the supply and demand and key-level methodology behind the Break and Retest strategy, rather than selling trade calls or get-rich promises.