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 5, 2026 01:43Tomislav Tunkovic10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 5, 2026 03:29011,005,44602,290,0002,117,632line 4: expected liquidate 0 20617 3210806 got liquidate 0 0 3190189stderr
2Sep 5, 2026 03:29010,500,3181,145,0001,119,0002,117,632line 3: expected liquidate 4 -170694 7446771 got liquidate 4 0 7617465stderr
3Sep 5, 2026 03:29010,230,30302,018,0002,117,632line 7: expected liquidate 11 -40026 7388609 got liquidate 11 0 7428635stderr
4Aug 18, 2026 14:111,07922,240,49612,978,0001,060,0002,117,632stderr
5Aug 18, 2026 14:111,08922,420,33413,119,0001,048,0002,117,632stderr
6Aug 18, 2026 14:111,09022,425,12413,057,0001,123,0002,117,632stderr
7Aug 18, 2026 14:111,12422,830,81813,556,0001,056,0002,117,632stderr
8Aug 18, 2026 14:111,18623,622,29414,368,0001,062,0002,117,632stderr
9Aug 18, 2026 14:111,20123,873,57314,558,0001,059,0002,117,632stderr
10Aug 18, 2026 14:111,20123,869,43414,574,0001,040,0002,117,632stderr
11Aug 18, 2026 14:111,21323,951,74914,719,0001,050,0002,117,632stderr
12Aug 18, 2026 14:111,24124,358,70215,051,0001,087,0002,117,632stderr