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 16, 2026 00:26Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Sep 16, 2026 00:25Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Held
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 16, 2026 00:27010,404,85201,964,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 5 -1200 4500 got liquidate 4 40 1200000stderr
2Sep 16, 2026 00:27010,580,90701,924,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 6 -156618 16002 got liquidate 5 40 1200000stderr
3Sep 16, 2026 00:27010,317,53201,825,0002,117,632line 2: expected liquidate 7 192 20500 got liquidate 6 40 1200000stderr
4Aug 31, 2026 13:5196620,824,34311,483,0001,087,0002,117,632stderr
5Aug 31, 2026 13:511,03621,796,61312,398,0001,072,0002,117,632stderr
6Aug 31, 2026 13:511,03621,729,16312,368,0001,108,0002,117,632stderr
7Aug 31, 2026 13:511,04121,809,18512,472,0001,069,0002,117,632stderr
8Aug 31, 2026 13:511,04721,969,77512,559,0001,061,0002,117,632stderr
9Aug 31, 2026 13:511,09022,531,70913,100,0001,077,0002,117,632stderr
10Aug 31, 2026 13:511,10323,950,16313,244,0001,103,0002,117,632stderr
11Aug 31, 2026 13:511,15223,219,44513,892,0001,085,0002,117,632stderr
12Aug 31, 2026 13:511,22424,139,93314,855,0001,066,0002,117,632stderr