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 4, 2026 22:43Tomislav Tunkovic10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 4, 2026 23:09010,262,45702,199,0002,117,632line 2: expected liquidate 0 -13038 547278 got liquidate 0 0 560316stderr
2Sep 4, 2026 23:09010,541,40201,877,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 4 23666 12917494 got 898740 6661031stderr
3Sep 4, 2026 23:09010,536,7911,122,0001,123,0002,117,632line 3: expected liquidate 2 41930 11495745 got liquidate 2 0 3129775stderr
4Aug 17, 2026 15:001,09622,607,12113,152,0001,097,0002,117,632stderr
5Aug 17, 2026 15:001,17623,606,27214,185,0001,110,0002,117,632stderr
6Aug 17, 2026 15:001,20123,939,94714,548,0001,072,0002,117,632stderr
7Aug 17, 2026 15:001,20223,857,52214,545,0001,081,0002,117,632stderr
8Aug 17, 2026 15:001,22024,051,51014,791,0001,079,0002,117,632stderr
9Aug 17, 2026 15:001,26624,730,96415,371,0001,092,0002,117,632stderr
10Aug 17, 2026 15:001,31925,444,61116,054,0001,100,0002,117,632stderr
11Aug 17, 2026 15:001,33725,717,56016,308,0001,078,0002,117,632stderr
12Aug 17, 2026 15:001,34625,798,88616,423,0001,078,0002,117,632stderr