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 11, 2026 17:39Andrew Epstein45.60CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 11, 2026 17:47010,142,63401,067,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
2Sep 11, 2026 17:47010,135,42001,053,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
3Sep 11, 2026 17:47010,300,76001,260,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 1 8 998 got 0 0
4Aug 30, 2026 22:5986519,771,24610,238,0001,009,0002,113,536
5Aug 30, 2026 22:5988319,895,50310,478,0001,009,0002,113,536
6Aug 30, 2026 22:5992320,386,43010,978,0001,026,0002,113,536
7Aug 30, 2026 22:5993020,486,87311,054,0001,043,0002,113,536
8Aug 30, 2026 22:5993920,379,36111,175,0001,032,0002,113,536
9Aug 30, 2026 22:5995920,784,53911,459,0001,014,0002,113,536
10Aug 30, 2026 22:5996020,879,13011,462,0001,030,0002,113,536
11Aug 30, 2026 22:5996420,901,31411,522,0001,015,0002,113,536
12Aug 30, 2026 22:5999322,530,70611,897,0001,015,0002,113,536