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 Epstein13.58CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 14, 2026 22:02034,832,100,19234,643,996,000142,856,0006,156,288line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Oct 14, 2026 22:02035,021,936,54134,819,396,000147,694,0005,746,688line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Oct 14, 2026 22:02034,708,346,20734,517,720,000144,985,0006,496,256line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 14, 2026 06:341,35026,548,35116,492,0001,060,00069,632
5Oct 14, 2026 06:341,44427,738,08717,715,0001,069,00077,824
6Oct 14, 2026 06:341,45127,882,18617,804,0001,069,00077,824
7Oct 14, 2026 06:341,51728,867,02618,670,0001,062,00086,016
8Oct 14, 2026 06:341,52728,826,58418,780,0001,074,00086,016
9Oct 14, 2026 06:341,58531,080,02419,559,0001,052,00090,112
10Oct 14, 2026 06:341,58629,675,91319,577,0001,048,00090,112
11Oct 14, 2026 06:341,59729,719,02919,704,0001,065,00094,208
12Oct 14, 2026 06:341,60829,842,30019,848,0001,067,000102,400