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 22:29Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 22:29010,580,94201,698,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 12 -385715 285500 got liquidate 12 5420 676635stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 22:29011,948,83401,896,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 2 -416118 292700 got liquidate 2 5370 714188stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 22:29010,238,49201,785,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 12 -271144 268300 got liquidate 12 5205 544649stderr
4Sep 9, 2026 13:3880519,127,2109,272,0001,204,0002,121,728stderr
5Sep 9, 2026 13:3882119,368,3119,571,0001,108,0002,121,728stderr
6Sep 9, 2026 13:3884119,521,0519,843,0001,097,0002,121,728stderr
7Sep 9, 2026 13:3884119,333,2489,679,0001,257,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 9, 2026 13:3887619,758,22810,335,0001,059,0002,121,728stderr
9Sep 9, 2026 13:3889120,935,39010,357,0001,227,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 9, 2026 13:3890820,693,01210,536,0001,273,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 9, 2026 13:3891621,159,14610,675,0001,233,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 9, 2026 13:3892932,250,41310,966,0001,111,0002,117,632stderr