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
Oct 13, 2026 12:04Andrew Epstein48.66CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 13, 2026 12:080327,975,082310,475,0008,411,0005,611,520line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Oct 13, 2026 12:080327,504,819309,865,0008,661,0005,619,712line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Oct 13, 2026 12:080326,163,454308,839,0008,346,0005,632,000line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 7, 2026 18:041,62830,130,14020,096,0001,071,00090,112
5Oct 7, 2026 18:041,63230,212,07720,150,0001,066,00086,016
6Oct 7, 2026 18:041,66630,823,90620,619,0001,047,00077,824
7Oct 7, 2026 18:041,67830,779,24320,738,0001,077,00090,112
8Oct 7, 2026 18:041,69331,062,21020,952,0001,060,00077,824
9Oct 7, 2026 18:041,70431,130,61821,116,0001,047,00094,208
10Oct 7, 2026 18:041,71031,190,74821,178,0001,052,00073,728
11Oct 7, 2026 18:041,72031,417,77821,306,0001,064,00090,112
12Oct 7, 2026 18:041,75931,781,27221,821,0001,055,00090,112