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 17:24Tomislav Tunkovic56.33CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 4, 2026 17:470167,234,179141,957,00014,557,00016,801,792line 56: expected liquidate 6 -102943 16162962 got liquidate 38 -5656 3910956stderr
2Sep 4, 2026 17:470159,501,920135,401,00014,060,00016,801,792line 17: expected liquidate 19 1794 215904 got liquidate 18 -4559959 7369770stderr
3Sep 4, 2026 17:470165,187,247140,241,00014,216,00016,801,792line 12: expected liquidate 3 80705 8573603 got liquidate 2 -3600840 2800000stderr
4Aug 21, 2026 20:325,76485,500,17472,676,0002,260,0002,117,632stderr
5Aug 21, 2026 20:325,98987,854,81775,764,0002,100,0002,117,632stderr
6Aug 21, 2026 20:326,24891,149,05878,968,0002,260,0002,121,728stderr
7Aug 21, 2026 20:326,26091,292,39779,164,0002,216,0002,117,632stderr
8Aug 21, 2026 20:326,26692,288,42179,242,0002,228,0002,117,632stderr
9Aug 21, 2026 20:326,31092,049,68379,873,0002,161,0002,121,728stderr
10Aug 21, 2026 20:326,56095,840,54983,242,0002,042,0002,117,632stderr
11Aug 21, 2026 20:326,57596,150,56183,219,0002,262,0002,117,632stderr
12Aug 21, 2026 20:326,68096,858,22084,625,0002,227,0002,117,632stderr