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 5, 2026 00:10Tomislav Tunkovic10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 5, 2026 01:34010,087,00801,601,0002,195,456line 3: expected liquidate 3 -5566 412758 got liquidate 8 87637 15085119
2Sep 5, 2026 01:3409,659,4141,404,00002,158,592line 1: expected liquidate 0 54636 9023418 got liquidate 2 87726 12225618
3Sep 5, 2026 01:3409,783,84001,515,0002,195,456line 0: expected liquidate 1 -21539 7898238 got 0 0
4Jun 13, 2026 15:341,46226,578,53116,663,0002,353,0002,142,208
5Jun 13, 2026 15:341,48226,820,93916,998,0002,268,0002,138,112
6Jun 13, 2026 15:341,52628,612,90517,504,0002,339,0002,138,112
7Jun 13, 2026 15:341,52828,690,37617,508,0002,365,0002,138,112
8Jun 13, 2026 15:341,55529,023,45517,807,0002,413,0002,138,112
9Jun 13, 2026 15:341,55927,957,45818,036,0002,238,0002,138,112
10Jun 13, 2026 15:341,62530,135,13719,058,0002,073,0002,138,112
11Jun 13, 2026 15:341,63630,086,94919,120,0002,153,0002,138,112
12Jun 13, 2026 15:341,64729,037,49919,356,0002,065,0002,138,112