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 listMar 13, 2026 11:46Dominique GarmierDominique GarmierScore: 1,537,397Success
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1Mar 13, 2026 11:461,153,88415,033,200,31414,988,502,00011,992,0002,301,952
2Mar 13, 2026 11:461,210,14415,769,421,88015,715,888,00015,990,0002,392,064
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5Mar 13, 2026 11:461,537,39720,022,063,40019,975,163,00010,993,0002,301,952
6Mar 13, 2026 11:461,638,58121,345,267,82321,291,558,0009,993,0002,478,080
7Mar 13, 2026 11:461,640,69321,372,562,72421,315,019,00013,990,0002,383,872
8Mar 13, 2026 11:461,661,26621,633,204,42721,582,467,00013,991,0002,273,280
9Mar 13, 2026 11:461,780,80423,194,958,89423,135,459,00014,990,0002,367,488