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 00:36Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Sep 16, 2026 00:35Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Held
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 16, 2026 00:37010,281,49701,945,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 2 -3692199817 3693684675 got liquidate 2 71 1484787stderr
2Sep 16, 2026 00:37010,385,40601,958,0002,117,632line 7: expected liquidate 12 -218449134 257888095 got liquidate 12 2391 39436570stderr
3Sep 16, 2026 00:37019,215,43401,910,0002,117,632line 18: expected liquidate 32 3069417 428839725 got liquidate 27 40 1200000stderr
4Sep 1, 2026 05:4794320,499,24211,200,0001,064,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 1, 2026 05:4795520,640,54711,287,0001,134,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 1, 2026 05:471,01321,391,10012,095,0001,075,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 1, 2026 05:471,01621,527,19112,150,0001,070,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 1, 2026 05:471,05722,017,13512,594,0001,157,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 1, 2026 05:471,05922,080,43012,688,0001,083,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 1, 2026 05:471,08522,341,93813,034,0001,071,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 1, 2026 05:471,09022,503,21713,041,0001,133,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 1, 2026 05:471,11023,329,38013,355,0001,082,0002,117,632stderr