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 22:34Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 22:34010,713,11202,137,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 3 -376379 337700 got liquidate 3 5222 719301stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 22:34010,747,12502,160,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 11 -534620 418600 got liquidate 11 5374 958594stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 22:34026,065,16602,279,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 5 -417142 335100 got liquidate 5 5084 757326stderr
4Sep 14, 2026 11:2486819,962,11010,012,0001,274,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 14, 2026 11:2487519,921,78510,101,0001,274,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 14, 2026 11:2489220,337,31110,409,0001,194,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 14, 2026 11:2490021,698,89210,528,0001,180,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 14, 2026 11:2491020,600,01310,675,0001,167,0002,121,728stderr
9Sep 14, 2026 11:2492120,710,59910,909,0001,068,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 14, 2026 11:2497121,279,10211,335,0001,292,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 14, 2026 11:2498021,449,77911,616,0001,135,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 14, 2026 11:2499321,566,13311,859,0001,052,0002,117,632stderr