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 22:03Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 22:04010,682,54502,123,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 9 -400723 276300 got liquidate 9 5438 682461stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 22:04010,647,65702,116,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 2 -534105 359700 got liquidate 2 5445 899250stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 22:04011,205,15802,208,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 11 -432005 297600 got liquidate 11 5467 735072stderr
4Sep 10, 2026 08:4777918,576,6308,809,0001,321,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 10, 2026 08:4778018,599,8608,851,0001,294,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 10, 2026 08:4781519,100,8459,339,0001,266,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 10, 2026 08:4782319,307,0939,515,0001,184,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 10, 2026 08:4782919,257,7199,599,0001,182,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 10, 2026 08:4783119,336,7519,472,0001,338,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 10, 2026 08:4783720,004,2809,701,0001,180,0002,121,728stderr
11Sep 10, 2026 08:4787020,627,19710,201,0001,112,0002,121,728stderr
12Sep 10, 2026 08:4789320,107,15210,515,0001,097,0002,117,632stderr