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 23:26Tomislav Tunkovic10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 5, 2026 00:58010,954,65702,562,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 2 13895 1557034 got liquidate 2 0 1570929stderr
2Sep 5, 2026 00:58011,603,6751,328,0001,309,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 5 -7480 370447 got liquidate 5 0 362967stderr
3Sep 5, 2026 00:58010,657,02102,553,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 11 -6464 18561500 got liquidate 11 180616 18748580stderr
4Sep 2, 2026 11:0885920,830,98510,067,0001,101,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 2, 2026 11:0888419,827,29610,405,0001,095,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 2, 2026 11:0892020,242,15410,885,0001,076,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 2, 2026 11:0892020,315,95810,935,0001,031,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 2, 2026 11:0894820,561,53911,193,0001,132,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 2, 2026 11:0895720,733,75711,321,0001,123,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 2, 2026 11:081,01021,429,72412,103,0001,033,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 2, 2026 11:081,02221,554,05312,169,0001,121,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 2, 2026 11:081,11023,342,35713,346,0001,085,0002,117,632stderr