Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (HMNY)

[Drosmigs]

Kazorchian or someone else? Can you explain technically how after hour trades are made. I'm simplistically assuming that it means I "buy or sell" a stock and my "buy" then ques in with the thousand of other "buys" vs "sells" and they all get executed in the morning when the market opens ahead of those who start trading with the bell?.

Or, are their active trades during the night that are actually being recorded in real time. I'm not a trader and buy and sell only during the market hours in the USA. So, what would be the value of me placing a buy tonight on HMNY? Simply, I get in line and my trade is executed before the others who trade only during hours?

Thanks to anyone who can explain.