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 16, 2026 00:03Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 16, 2026 00:03010,716,00102,048,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 9 -478543 324800 got liquidate 9 5409 808752stderr
2Sep 16, 2026 00:03010,580,20802,254,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 12 -426227 301800 got liquidate 12 5347 733374stderr
3Sep 16, 2026 00:03011,187,41302,244,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 7 -433056 310700 got liquidate 7 5031 748787stderr
4Sep 13, 2026 16:3396922,959,32911,546,0001,062,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 13, 2026 16:331,00222,025,13311,808,0001,226,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 13, 2026 16:331,00521,703,05711,903,0001,165,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 13, 2026 16:331,01521,669,56511,973,0001,230,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 13, 2026 16:331,02721,952,24012,183,0001,173,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 13, 2026 16:331,04222,082,48812,346,0001,212,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 13, 2026 16:331,04422,151,61812,410,0001,174,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 13, 2026 16:331,05222,303,05412,425,0001,263,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 13, 2026 16:331,12223,301,92113,443,0001,153,0002,117,632stderr