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 4, 2026 20:55Tomislav Tunkovic10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 4, 2026 21:0409,727,98201,538,0002,142,208line 0: expected liquidate 3 -176 11212297 got liquidate 4 -54598245 -40308576
2Sep 4, 2026 21:04011,145,64301,563,0002,195,456line 2: expected liquidate 8 -1054 192865 got 0 0
3Sep 4, 2026 21:0409,708,4361,447,00002,195,456line 2: expected liquidate 2 -27456 3612336 got liquidate 9 33694 14066432
4Jun 13, 2026 15:151,46627,115,09016,613,0002,449,0002,138,112
5Jun 13, 2026 15:151,47828,040,08517,158,0002,062,0002,138,112
6Jun 13, 2026 15:151,51928,859,49117,339,0002,408,0002,138,112
7Jun 13, 2026 15:151,55129,025,55217,729,0002,446,0002,138,112
8Jun 13, 2026 15:151,56529,441,15417,988,0002,362,0002,138,112
9Jun 13, 2026 15:151,58729,641,75918,305,0002,326,0002,138,112
10Jun 13, 2026 15:151,60829,893,67718,559,0002,357,0002,138,112
11Jun 13, 2026 15:151,65930,548,42919,484,0002,094,0002,138,112
12Jun 13, 2026 15:151,66030,359,06219,465,0002,118,0002,138,112