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 16:37Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 17, 2026 16:430688,766,245676,488,0002,749,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504614235201 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860191662104 246914
2Sep 17, 2026 16:430719,405,103706,800,0003,035,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504615301409 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860192728312 246914
3Sep 17, 2026 16:430669,525,652658,004,0002,689,0004,210,688line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504627606337 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860205033240 246914
4Aug 16, 2026 18:291,36726,365,40916,568,0001,204,0002,113,536
5Aug 16, 2026 18:291,47727,603,07918,095,0001,115,0002,113,536
6Aug 16, 2026 18:291,47928,252,79018,026,0001,203,0002,113,536
7Aug 16, 2026 18:291,51328,691,25518,471,0001,208,0002,113,536
8Aug 16, 2026 18:291,52028,187,90818,627,0001,137,0002,113,536
9Aug 16, 2026 18:291,52728,232,13218,744,0001,118,0002,113,536
10Aug 16, 2026 18:291,56029,420,38519,165,0001,123,0002,113,536
11Aug 16, 2026 18:291,61530,031,57519,887,0001,120,0002,113,536
12Aug 16, 2026 18:291,63530,235,16820,142,0001,120,0002,113,536