The Nasdaq Just Broke Out. Here's a Defined-Risk Way to Trade It.

Do you buy the breakout in the Nasdaq? On this week's Five Minute Futures, sponsored by CME Group, we walk one defined-risk way to express a bullish-to-neutral view using options on the Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures (MNQ). The setup is a short put spread in the September cycle: the idea is that the Nasdaq doesn't need another vertical rally to work, it just needs to hold above the short strike while time decay does its job. The thesis is a classic breakout, pullback, and continuation, a bullish falling wedge with leadership from the Mag 7 and semiconductor names starting to break their downtrends. We also cover why running this through the micro contract, at one tenth the size of the full Nasdaq future, makes it far easier to scale and manage around such a fast-moving product. This is educational and not a recommendation or investment advice. 📊 tastylive: https://www.tastylive.com/ 📘 FREE Options Strategy Guide: https://tinyurl.com/bp9ms763 📱 Follow tastylive on X: https://x.com/tastyliveshow Chapters: 00:00 Do you buy the Nasdaq breakout 00:13 This week's trade setup 00:33 Why this trade right now 01:07 Support, momentum and leadership 01:31 Selling below the market 02:03 Why use the micro contract 02:36 Mapping the cost and risk 03:19 The framework and the target 03:53 Bullish to neutral, not a moonshot tastylive is a real financial network, producing hours of live programming every day. Follow along as our experts navigate the markets, provide actionable trading insights, and teach you how to trade. With over 120 original segments, and over 25 personalities, we'll help you take your trading to the next level, whether you are new to trading or a seasoned veteran. #tastylive #fiveminutefutures #cmegroup #nasdaq #futures #optionstrading #mnq #daytrading #futurestrading #options tastylive content is created, produced, and provided solely by tastylive, Inc. ("tastylive") and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not, nor is it intended to be, trading or investment advice or a recommendation that any security, futures contract, digital asset, other product, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any person. Trading securities, futures products, and digital assets involve risk and may result in a loss greater than the original amount invested. Investment information provided may not be appropriate for all investors and is provided without respect to individual investor financial sophistication, financial situation, investing time horizon or risk tolerance. Options, futures, and futures options are not suitable for all investors. Prior to trading securities, options, futures, or futures options, please read all applicable risk disclosures, including, but not limited to, the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options Disclosure and the Futures and Exchange Traded Options Risk Disclosure Statement found at https://tastytrade.com/disclosures/. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Performance is not presented net of all commissions, fees, and expenses. Multi-leg option strategies incur higher transaction costs than single leg trades as they involve multiple commission charges. Examples provided are for illustrative, informational, and educational purposes only and are not intended to be reflective of results you can expect to achieve. Supporting documentation for any claims, including claims made on behalf of options programs), comparisons, statistics, or other technical data, if applicable, will be supplied upon request. tastylive, through its content, financial programming or otherwise, does not provide investment or financial advice or make investment recommendations. tastylive is not a licensed financial adviser, registered investment adviser, or a registered broker-dealer.