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 17:19Tomislav Tunkovic10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 4, 2026 17:38011,402,01801,958,0002,179,072line 4: expected liquidate 11 4695 7008696 got liquidate 5 103332 40437717
2Sep 4, 2026 17:38011,351,30201,852,0002,138,112line 3: expected liquidate 14 -37179 1267299 got liquidate 18 54002 5632421
3Sep 4, 2026 17:38011,477,38101,968,0002,179,072line 2: expected liquidate 2 32033 3964939 got liquidate 4 -65667 10777041
4Jun 13, 2026 16:511,46027,932,18316,863,0002,119,0002,174,976
5Jun 13, 2026 16:511,48428,266,19716,957,0002,344,0002,129,920
6Jun 13, 2026 16:511,49228,274,40617,330,0002,076,0002,134,016
7Jun 13, 2026 16:511,55829,135,90117,794,0002,461,0002,134,016
8Jun 13, 2026 16:511,57829,499,46618,052,0002,471,0002,134,016
9Jun 13, 2026 16:511,58929,613,38818,260,0002,407,0002,134,016
10Jun 13, 2026 16:511,63130,067,58318,179,0003,033,0002,174,976
11Jun 13, 2026 16:511,64230,245,02418,343,0003,009,0002,174,976
12Jun 13, 2026 16:511,65230,530,87119,393,0002,090,0002,129,920