Cross-Margin Liquidation Engine yenw0d

Simulate a cross-margin derivatives engine: process trades, track account equity, and liquidate undercollateralized accounts as fast as possible.

Accounts are funded with a USD deposit and trade instruments whose prices change over time. When a price update causes an account’s equity to fall below 1% of its total position notional, the account must be liquidated.

Definitions

  • Account equity = balance + Σ(size_i * price_i) - Σ(total_paid_i)
  • Total position notional = Σ(|size_i| * price_i)
  • Total paid for instrument i = signed sum of trade_size * price_at_trade_time across all trades
  • Margin rule: liquidate if equity < total_notional / 100 after any price update

Input

One command per line on STDIN:

  • a <balance> – create account with USD balance (IDs start at 0, incrementing)
  • p <instrument_idx> <price> – set/update instrument price (0-indexed)
  • t <account_idx> <instrument_idx> <size> – trade size (signed) at current price
  • Final line: <account_idx> – query this account and terminate

Output

On each price update, liquidate all accounts violating the margin rule. For each liquidation, print:

liquidate <account_id> <equity> <position_notional>

Liquidation order: largest total position notional first, then account ID descending as tie-breaker. Liquidated accounts have their balance and positions cleared.

For the final query, print <equity> <notional> for the requested account.

Constraints

  • Accounts: <= 100,000
  • Instruments: <= 1,000
  • Price range: 100 to 1,000,000
  • Trade size range: 1 to 10,000

Example

a 100
p 0 100
t 0 0 10
p 0 90
0

Output:

liquidate 0 0 900
0 0
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Challenge History
DateChallengerCostTypeStatus
Sep 11, 2026 18:44Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 11, 2026 19:0603,585,282,0262,978,399,000253,880,0005,111,808line 9: expected liquidate 32 -9007230000 9007220992770101 got liquidate 32 -417295408 417294990704693
2Sep 11, 2026 19:0603,569,949,5812,985,667,000255,230,0005,062,656line 9: expected liquidate 32 -9007210000 9007200992790101 got liquidate 32 -417275408 417274990724693
3Sep 11, 2026 19:0603,561,986,2942,955,262,000270,007,0005,066,752line 9: expected liquidate 32 -9007330000 9007320992670101 got liquidate 32 -417395408 417394990604693
4Feb 17, 2026 22:10211,1192,772,992,6162,717,567,00026,985,0002,281,472
5Feb 17, 2026 22:10212,3382,794,257,8622,740,412,00019,988,0002,269,184
6Feb 17, 2026 22:10212,5832,796,194,4542,746,585,00016,991,0002,285,568
7Feb 17, 2026 22:10214,5622,814,970,2242,765,319,00023,985,0002,404,352
8Feb 17, 2026 22:10233,0083,064,491,2593,011,119,00017,988,0002,445,312
9Feb 17, 2026 22:10235,7033,092,069,7673,043,158,00020,987,0002,363,392
10Feb 17, 2026 22:10238,2463,124,860,6133,075,210,00021,987,0002,469,888
11Feb 17, 2026 22:10241,5753,168,727,3283,111,493,00028,985,0002,379,776
12Feb 17, 2026 22:10255,3933,351,741,7133,293,119,00026,984,0002,478,080