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 15, 2026 23:47Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 23:47013,094,62103,194,0002,170,880line 0: expected liquidate 6 -364358 339200 got liquidate 6 5370 708928stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 23:47013,178,30403,164,0002,211,840line 0: expected liquidate 8 -462269 362500 got liquidate 8 5356 830125stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 23:47014,526,12903,145,0002,146,304line 0: expected liquidate 12 -492415 338500 got liquidate 12 5180 836095stderr
4Sep 8, 2026 13:3390423,313,1249,637,0002,123,0002,142,208stderr
5Sep 8, 2026 13:3392824,000,3589,959,0002,114,0002,142,208stderr
6Sep 8, 2026 13:3393125,124,2179,891,0002,213,0002,142,208stderr
7Sep 8, 2026 13:3394624,230,11610,121,0002,180,0002,142,208stderr
8Sep 8, 2026 13:3398824,843,93910,634,0002,222,0002,142,208stderr
9Sep 8, 2026 13:3399426,590,76410,768,0002,157,0002,142,208stderr
10Sep 8, 2026 13:331,02925,697,54911,094,0002,289,0002,142,208stderr
11Sep 8, 2026 13:331,03225,089,94011,092,0002,327,0002,142,208stderr
12Sep 8, 2026 13:331,04225,703,10711,342,0002,212,0002,142,208stderr