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 Epstein34.72CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 13, 2026 12:080327,038,133309,591,0008,473,0005,619,712line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Oct 13, 2026 12:080326,633,965309,043,0008,443,0005,623,808line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Oct 13, 2026 12:080329,260,584310,450,0008,323,0005,623,808line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 7, 2026 18:151,49028,347,89618,333,0001,045,00077,824
5Oct 7, 2026 18:151,49128,362,34418,302,0001,082,00077,824
6Oct 7, 2026 18:151,54729,183,89119,054,0001,063,00081,920
7Oct 7, 2026 18:151,59429,728,22219,673,0001,052,00090,112
8Oct 7, 2026 18:151,59931,277,42319,750,0001,049,00081,920
9Oct 7, 2026 18:151,61529,964,19619,926,0001,074,00081,920
10Oct 7, 2026 18:151,72032,866,00521,292,0001,078,00086,016
11Oct 7, 2026 18:151,73331,516,55421,470,0001,062,00081,920
12Oct 7, 2026 18:151,87233,314,55723,299,0001,042,00094,208