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
Back to listDec 19, 2025 19:04Josu San MartinJosu San MartinScore: 65,843Success
Source Code

Source code access is restricted. Log in to request access.

Challenge History

No challenges yet.

Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Dec 19, 2025 19:0453,209717,258,023682,720,0008,996,0002,457,600
2Dec 19, 2025 19:0464,196863,418,138823,559,00010,994,0002,519,040
3Dec 19, 2025 19:0464,936875,240,027834,168,00010,002,0002,293,760
4Dec 19, 2025 19:0465,666878,411,076844,658,0008,996,0002,404,352
5Dec 19, 2025 19:0465,843880,308,144848,957,0006,999,0002,330,624
6Dec 19, 2025 19:0466,692898,340,709858,996,0007,999,0002,396,160
7Dec 19, 2025 19:0467,177898,447,533862,313,00010,991,0002,523,136
8Dec 19, 2025 19:0468,217914,364,487874,818,00011,997,0002,519,040
9Dec 19, 2025 19:0469,581930,000,957896,554,0007,996,0002,351,104