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 05:12Tomislav Tunkovic78.62CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 5, 2026 05:450150,144,521125,010,00014,315,00016,801,792line 11: expected liquidate 16 37892 5419412 got liquidate 6 -884572 1076166stderr
2Sep 5, 2026 05:450145,996,559122,003,00013,966,00016,801,792line 104: expected liquidate 17 -294886 9847834 got liquidate 21 -3219730 9852975stderr
3Sep 5, 2026 05:450163,003,695134,125,00018,733,00018,903,040line 243: expected liquidate 21 -77050 1490400 got liquidate 1953 -11516990 11469250stderr
4Aug 21, 2026 20:228,163116,103,038104,098,0002,032,0002,117,632stderr
5Aug 21, 2026 20:228,938126,817,811114,168,0002,026,0002,117,632stderr
6Aug 21, 2026 20:229,013127,156,893114,959,0002,213,0002,121,728stderr
7Aug 21, 2026 20:229,417132,340,189120,399,0002,023,0002,117,632stderr
8Aug 21, 2026 20:229,684136,606,358123,626,0002,273,0002,117,632stderr
9Aug 21, 2026 20:229,700135,994,250123,905,0002,195,0002,117,632stderr
10Aug 21, 2026 20:2210,025140,220,185128,305,0002,025,0002,117,632stderr
11Aug 21, 2026 20:2210,638148,228,489136,288,0002,011,0002,121,728stderr
12Aug 21, 2026 20:2210,945152,277,190140,138,0002,154,0002,121,728stderr