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 23:24Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 23:24010,534,78402,022,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 12 -424271 288200 got liquidate 12 5147 717618stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 23:24010,631,88502,144,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 1 -382662 352500 got liquidate 1 5088 740250stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 23:24010,582,93302,104,0002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 8 -334139 290200 got liquidate 8 5395 629734stderr
4Sep 8, 2026 15:0685319,366,51010,017,0001,074,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 8, 2026 15:0687119,521,44910,232,0001,094,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 8, 2026 15:0690119,996,13910,582,0001,137,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 8, 2026 15:0693020,270,51210,922,0001,169,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 8, 2026 15:0694920,436,26911,231,0001,113,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 8, 2026 15:0694920,546,48011,140,0001,203,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 8, 2026 15:0695920,750,16911,378,0001,101,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 8, 2026 15:0696020,717,35611,418,0001,065,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 8, 2026 15:0697820,946,70411,658,0001,059,0002,117,632stderr