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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#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 7, 2026 18:290287,611,678277,555,0001,005,00020,480line 0: expected liquidate 1605 44834 9447970 got m0=58105 m1=59209 m2=56563 m3=58011 m4=58013 m5=60104 m6=57975 m7=58001
2Oct 7, 2026 18:290331,278,967321,265,0001,003,00020,480line 0: expected liquidate 1082 22194 6660990 got m0=67443 m1=68726 m2=65696 m3=67321 m4=67643 m5=68514 m6=67146 m7=67314
3Oct 7, 2026 18:290302,302,355292,246,0001,003,00020,480line 0: expected liquidate 385 29187 3417640 got m0=61337 m1=62620 m2=59753 m3=61181 m4=61224 m5=62330 m6=61116 m7=61231