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 17, 2026 17:34Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 17, 2026 17:39011,645,69501,433,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
2Sep 17, 2026 17:39011,747,25501,607,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
3Sep 17, 2026 17:39011,819,8381,496,00002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
4Jun 7, 2026 08:421,49328,683,41118,362,0001,059,0002,113,536
5Jun 7, 2026 08:421,66330,853,64920,546,0001,085,0002,113,536
6Jun 7, 2026 08:421,66530,897,29920,554,0001,096,0002,113,536
7Jun 7, 2026 08:421,75832,057,50921,787,0001,079,0002,113,536
8Jun 7, 2026 08:421,78832,523,93522,177,0001,075,0002,113,536
9Jun 7, 2026 08:421,81632,784,46422,545,0001,071,0002,113,536
10Jun 7, 2026 08:421,83233,039,15822,778,0001,047,0002,113,536
11Jun 7, 2026 08:421,84033,065,93922,876,0001,055,0002,113,536
12Jun 7, 2026 08:421,88333,718,12023,396,0001,085,0002,113,536