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 14:07Andrew Epstein10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Nov 2, 2026 14:09034,999,634,18634,783,417,000146,362,0005,754,880line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Nov 2, 2026 14:09034,882,696,62534,680,446,000142,231,0005,869,568line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Nov 2, 2026 14:09034,957,864,85334,752,416,000144,451,0005,795,840line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 14, 2026 01:241,47628,115,34018,117,0001,072,00081,920
5Oct 14, 2026 01:241,53429,222,34218,887,0001,061,00086,016
6Oct 14, 2026 01:241,55129,668,79519,080,0001,086,00081,920
7Oct 14, 2026 01:241,58329,535,90219,553,0001,038,00077,824
8Oct 14, 2026 01:241,59429,723,88319,635,0001,090,00081,920
9Oct 14, 2026 01:241,59529,772,47119,684,0001,055,00081,920
10Oct 14, 2026 01:241,65730,765,43320,464,0001,080,00094,208
11Oct 14, 2026 01:241,78632,247,05122,166,0001,055,00094,208
12Oct 14, 2026 01:242,00535,070,52725,026,0001,044,00098,304