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 16:33Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 17, 2026 16:38011,792,37701,691,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
2Sep 17, 2026 16:38011,853,41601,527,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
3Sep 17, 2026 16:38014,488,35901,531,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
4Jun 17, 2026 12:461,39627,399,37917,067,0001,088,0002,113,536
5Jun 17, 2026 12:461,45228,147,57817,826,0001,061,0002,113,536
6Jun 17, 2026 12:461,46628,263,93816,941,0002,124,0002,113,536
7Jun 17, 2026 12:461,50728,965,31518,522,0001,071,0002,113,536
8Jun 17, 2026 12:461,51528,958,93918,625,0001,071,0002,113,536
9Jun 17, 2026 12:461,53029,192,29117,809,0002,093,0002,113,536
10Jun 17, 2026 12:461,53129,134,03817,850,0002,055,0002,113,536
11Jun 17, 2026 12:461,56029,539,01819,214,0001,070,0002,113,536
12Jun 17, 2026 12:461,62930,875,05019,048,0002,136,0002,113,536