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 15:19Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 17, 2026 15:240692,295,221661,741,0009,352,0004,214,784line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504630748225 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860208175128 246914
2Sep 17, 2026 15:240763,536,448738,820,0003,741,0004,214,784line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504618270625 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860195697528 246914
3Sep 17, 2026 15:240689,398,744656,758,0003,363,0004,214,784line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504635411361 246914 got liquidate 8 -46116860212838264 246914
4Aug 17, 2026 01:431,23125,835,41414,858,0001,150,0002,117,632
5Aug 17, 2026 01:431,29926,752,00515,820,0001,078,0002,117,632
6Aug 17, 2026 01:431,32827,024,95616,082,0001,186,0002,117,632
7Aug 17, 2026 01:431,37027,621,54416,758,0001,052,0002,117,632
8Aug 17, 2026 01:431,38127,849,11716,896,0001,066,0002,117,632
9Aug 17, 2026 01:431,39227,945,08617,045,0001,063,0002,117,632
10Aug 17, 2026 01:431,39727,969,17917,120,0001,053,0002,117,632
11Aug 17, 2026 01:431,43228,497,47317,561,0001,056,0002,117,632
12Aug 17, 2026 01:431,49729,348,82518,373,0001,096,0002,117,632