Automated hedging of financial instruments can include the automated
generation of orders to hedge a financial exposure associated with a
first financial instrument (e.g., to hedge a risk associated with the
value of an option). The hedging orders include buy and sell orders to
acquire long or short positions in a hedging instrument having a price
movement that is correlated with price movements of the first financial
instrument. The long and short positions are acquired so as to offset
modeled changes in value of the first financial instrument. After an
initial hedging order to buy or sell stock is filled by an exchange,
subsequent hedging orders may be generated. Pricing and quantity for the
subsequent hedging orders may be based on a user-specified movement in
the price of the second financial instrument and may be automatically
modified in response to price trending of the market with respect to the
second financial instrument.