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 22:22Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 22:22011,099,89402,066,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 8 -458495 356600 got liquidate 8 5085 820180stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 22:22010,617,18501,966,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 8 -450439 389400 got liquidate 8 5159 844998stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 22:22010,558,42602,067,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 13 -381028 284000 got liquidate 13 5212 670240stderr
4Sep 8, 2026 23:5878318,672,7908,930,0001,253,0002,121,728stderr
5Sep 8, 2026 23:5880618,912,9319,200,0001,286,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 8, 2026 23:5881619,115,7159,306,0001,308,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 8, 2026 23:5882919,308,4649,700,0001,087,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 8, 2026 23:5884819,469,2109,917,0001,113,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 8, 2026 23:5885220,140,7739,980,0001,098,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 8, 2026 23:5886819,726,19110,167,0001,117,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 8, 2026 23:5889720,141,52610,581,0001,086,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 8, 2026 23:5895220,846,84411,332,0001,047,0002,117,632stderr