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 9, 2026 11:47Tomislav Tunkovic71.88CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 9, 2026 11:50010,831,41502,387,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 3 -12730 1082720 got liquidate 3 0 1069990stderr
2Sep 9, 2026 11:50010,706,45702,311,0002,117,632line 4: expected liquidate 7 -3215 4935668 got liquidate 7 0 4932453stderr
3Sep 9, 2026 11:50010,907,76302,471,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 2 -31898 3907894 got liquidate 2 0 3939792stderr
4Sep 8, 2026 15:4281319,097,2049,474,0001,103,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 8, 2026 15:4285519,629,98110,042,0001,081,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 8, 2026 15:4285819,478,55010,074,0001,092,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 8, 2026 15:4287219,679,37410,295,0001,041,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 8, 2026 15:4287719,956,25510,371,0001,039,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 8, 2026 15:4289920,208,07810,538,0001,149,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 8, 2026 15:4291620,492,94810,748,0001,171,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 8, 2026 15:4292620,399,91810,864,0001,176,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 8, 2026 15:4293520,681,66510,925,0001,240,0002,117,632stderr