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 18:00Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 11, 2026 18:140811,588,378782,782,00018,376,0006,311,936line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got liquidate 99999 100000000027055875 0
2Sep 11, 2026 18:140814,940,380785,611,00018,962,0006,311,936line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got liquidate 99999 100000000027539843 0
3Sep 11, 2026 18:140815,197,308785,112,00018,961,0006,311,936line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got liquidate 99999 100000000030259299 0
4Jun 7, 2026 00:1024,178323,605,958296,936,00017,378,0002,113,536
5Jun 7, 2026 00:1028,211376,081,619349,909,00016,834,0002,113,536
6Jun 7, 2026 00:1028,327377,464,812351,307,00016,946,0002,113,536
7Jun 7, 2026 00:1028,840384,113,158358,291,00016,636,0002,113,536
8Jun 7, 2026 00:1029,020386,523,970360,519,00016,750,0002,113,536
9Jun 7, 2026 00:1029,909397,981,171372,014,00016,805,0002,113,536
10Jun 7, 2026 00:1030,852410,369,454384,448,00016,636,0002,117,632
11Jun 7, 2026 00:1031,145414,117,674388,119,00016,773,0002,113,536
12Jun 7, 2026 00:1035,274468,233,003441,669,00016,894,0002,113,536