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
Nov 2, 2026 14:30Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Nov 2, 2026 14:300325,811,160307,994,0008,569,0005,623,808line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Nov 2, 2026 14:300325,236,475307,593,0008,355,0005,623,808line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Nov 2, 2026 14:300326,741,406309,115,0008,460,0005,619,712line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 7, 2026 18:211,32626,192,82116,156,0001,090,00069,632
5Oct 7, 2026 18:211,50528,551,16818,527,0001,041,00090,112
6Oct 7, 2026 18:211,51528,681,82318,613,0001,092,00090,112
7Oct 7, 2026 18:211,52628,880,34018,787,0001,054,00069,632
8Oct 7, 2026 18:211,63230,189,98720,148,0001,070,00098,304
9Oct 7, 2026 18:211,63530,265,14320,181,0001,076,000102,400
10Oct 7, 2026 18:211,67030,678,37420,634,0001,077,00077,824
11Oct 7, 2026 18:211,75131,748,57321,690,0001,078,00086,016
12Oct 7, 2026 18:211,85133,030,99023,021,0001,047,00094,208