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 17:18Andrew Epstein13.93CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 11, 2026 17:3001,684,508,7051,611,786,00062,176,0006,311,936line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got liquidate 99999 100000000007844259 0
2Sep 11, 2026 17:3001,680,855,9011,608,002,00061,650,0006,311,936line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got liquidate 99999 100000000028822851 0
3Sep 11, 2026 17:3001,681,853,4401,608,956,00061,648,0006,311,936line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got liquidate 99999 100000000007474627 0
4Jun 7, 2026 01:513,11849,710,28938,449,0002,093,0002,117,632
5Jun 7, 2026 01:513,28151,793,94740,601,0002,054,0002,113,536
6Jun 7, 2026 01:513,30952,154,65040,978,0002,048,0002,113,536
7Jun 7, 2026 01:513,35053,171,83541,510,0002,048,0002,113,536
8Jun 7, 2026 01:513,36054,378,57141,643,0002,045,0002,113,536
9Jun 7, 2026 01:513,46954,299,32642,071,0003,028,0002,113,536
10Jun 7, 2026 01:513,49554,639,66343,389,0002,046,0002,113,536
11Jun 7, 2026 01:513,56355,525,00644,266,0002,064,0002,113,536
12Jun 7, 2026 01:513,92360,502,02647,824,0003,175,0002,117,632