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 00:02Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Sep 16, 2026 00:01Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Held
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 16, 2026 00:02010,284,67201,931,0002,117,632line 14: expected liquidate 15 -3654699476 3658565853 got liquidate 28 3372 26828204stderr
2Sep 16, 2026 00:02010,281,02701,828,0002,117,632line 11: expected liquidate 18 -1200 4500 got liquidate 17 40 1200000stderr
3Sep 16, 2026 00:02010,935,68901,923,0002,117,632line 16: expected liquidate 23 -8107716705 4893939 got liquidate 24 2881 1058979stderr
4Sep 1, 2026 11:4896520,801,88211,462,0001,092,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 1, 2026 11:4897520,985,76911,577,0001,110,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 1, 2026 11:4899521,200,35511,784,0001,157,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 1, 2026 11:481,00021,309,49311,945,0001,061,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 1, 2026 11:481,02621,744,59412,266,0001,073,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 1, 2026 11:481,07622,425,57812,935,0001,065,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 1, 2026 11:481,10022,610,97013,207,0001,098,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 1, 2026 11:481,13522,998,60913,637,0001,126,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 1, 2026 11:481,16523,436,99914,085,0001,067,0002,117,632stderr