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sobe4life

10/14/14 9:27 AM

#16768 RE: cpw13154 #16763

A little education goes a long wayyyyyyy......

cpw13154

Ya think. Did we happen to see the sell after hours for 180,000 shares.



Prints that are made after market hours are from market makers who have worked an order accumulating throughout the day and then printing off to the non-market maker at the end of the day.

Example:

A buyer puts in an order through a non-market making Broker Dealer. They in turn, give the order to a market maker as a day order. The market maker accumulates the position throughout the day. Once the market closes, they tally up the position at their average cost and then sell it to the non-market maker who originally put in the order. Hence, the after market print.

So the "alleged" after market sell is actually a buy. Believe it or not, depending on who you use, a person can actually sit on the bid and buy stock. DUH!