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 14, 2026 21:57Andrew Epstein45.68CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 14, 2026 22:09034,921,526,31934,715,412,000150,034,0006,041,600line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Oct 14, 2026 22:09034,653,984,25134,472,184,000132,039,0005,754,880line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Oct 14, 2026 22:09035,082,489,39134,883,656,000143,272,0005,812,224line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 14, 2026 02:321,43427,340,79117,590,0001,052,00073,728
5Oct 14, 2026 02:321,49028,483,11918,305,0001,077,00081,920
6Oct 14, 2026 02:321,51928,405,84018,698,0001,053,00086,016
7Oct 14, 2026 02:321,52635,188,99818,775,0001,070,00077,824
8Oct 14, 2026 02:321,54329,170,66518,989,0001,081,00081,920
9Oct 14, 2026 02:321,58429,118,28019,548,0001,048,00090,112
10Oct 14, 2026 02:321,61531,471,42319,946,0001,060,00094,208
11Oct 14, 2026 02:321,67030,447,67320,636,0001,081,00094,208
12Oct 14, 2026 02:321,85532,851,99123,067,0001,059,00098,304