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 14:17Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Nov 2, 2026 14:23035,152,058,24434,955,562,000142,731,0005,799,936line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Nov 2, 2026 14:23034,882,165,88334,688,829,000141,419,0005,779,456line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Nov 2, 2026 14:23035,074,630,74534,863,386,000155,319,0005,758,976line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 14, 2026 00:271,46927,998,54518,012,0001,095,00073,728
5Oct 14, 2026 00:271,51828,736,53518,678,0001,057,00081,920
6Oct 14, 2026 00:271,56629,363,89819,284,0001,075,00090,112
7Oct 14, 2026 00:271,59739,045,51919,719,0001,043,00077,824
8Oct 14, 2026 00:271,62430,086,17119,070,0002,042,00094,208
9Oct 14, 2026 00:271,71031,162,45721,161,0001,077,00094,208
10Oct 14, 2026 00:271,73031,453,79821,407,0001,087,00098,304
11Oct 14, 2026 00:271,74031,572,35621,575,0001,050,00094,208
12Oct 14, 2026 00:271,83032,820,03422,744,0001,053,00086,016