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 25, 2025 03:57Josu San MartinJosu San MartinScore: 14,900Success
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1Dec 25, 2025 03:5812,521190,174,488154,784,0007,988,0002,498,560
2Dec 25, 2025 03:5814,597214,824,994181,772,0007,989,0002,408,448
3Dec 25, 2025 03:5814,867219,550,243184,260,0009,012,0002,367,488
4Dec 25, 2025 03:5814,878220,770,151183,395,00010,021,0002,539,520
5Dec 25, 2025 03:5814,900221,458,794186,714,0006,989,0002,371,584
6Dec 25, 2025 03:5716,180240,114,144200,321,00010,016,0002,482,176
7Dec 25, 2025 03:5716,273241,808,626204,563,0006,985,0002,428,928
8Dec 25, 2025 03:5716,770252,970,807209,014,0009,000,0002,375,680
9Dec 25, 2025 03:5817,440254,332,042219,729,0006,991,0002,514,944