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 15:17Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 17, 2026 15:210657,695,958645,806,0003,047,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504634100481 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860211527384 246914
2Sep 17, 2026 15:210654,969,736643,394,0002,747,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504613203617 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860190630520 246914
3Sep 17, 2026 15:210656,325,241644,764,0002,739,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504629107905 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860206534808 246914
4Aug 16, 2026 18:211,18523,688,23414,291,0001,126,0002,113,536
5Aug 16, 2026 18:211,32125,541,23216,062,0001,121,0002,113,536
6Aug 16, 2026 18:211,32726,185,87716,071,0001,181,0002,113,536
7Aug 16, 2026 18:211,34725,937,66716,417,0001,096,0002,113,536
8Aug 16, 2026 18:211,37026,106,93916,623,0001,198,0002,113,536
9Aug 16, 2026 18:211,37326,253,67416,653,0001,208,0002,113,536
10Aug 16, 2026 18:211,38126,258,53916,775,0001,187,0002,113,536
11Aug 16, 2026 18:211,38226,282,48216,930,0001,045,0002,113,536
12Aug 16, 2026 18:211,42526,908,75817,327,0001,203,0002,113,536