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 15:23Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 17, 2026 15:450667,065,372655,082,0002,689,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504630501409 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860207928312 246914
2Sep 17, 2026 15:450670,763,401658,492,0002,764,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504623839521 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860201266424 246914
3Sep 17, 2026 15:450665,465,499653,370,0002,723,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504622024993 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860199451896 246914
4Aug 16, 2026 18:011,30325,299,47815,818,0001,125,0002,113,536
5Aug 16, 2026 18:011,31625,476,32115,983,0001,133,0002,113,536
6Aug 16, 2026 18:011,37326,127,41316,778,0001,079,0002,113,536
7Aug 16, 2026 18:011,38226,278,31516,829,0001,148,0002,113,536
8Aug 16, 2026 18:011,40335,351,80317,154,0001,097,0002,113,536
9Aug 16, 2026 18:011,40426,532,65017,214,0001,043,0002,113,536
10Aug 16, 2026 18:011,40528,894,95617,055,0001,213,0002,113,536
11Aug 16, 2026 18:011,54929,010,48219,049,0001,092,0002,113,536
12Aug 16, 2026 18:011,55628,724,54819,095,0001,144,0002,113,536