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 listApr 24, 2026 07:46Dominique GarmierDominique GarmierScore: 14,464Success
Source Code

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

Challenge History

No challenges yet.

Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Apr 24, 2026 07:4713,499193,828,753170,479,0005,014,0002,482,176
2Apr 24, 2026 07:4713,508197,248,562173,601,0002,006,0002,547,712
3Apr 24, 2026 07:4714,238203,879,914180,092,0005,002,0002,306,048
4Apr 24, 2026 07:4714,378208,001,327183,916,0002,998,0002,457,600
5Apr 24, 2026 07:4714,464202,846,319186,033,0002,000,0002,453,504
6Apr 24, 2026 07:4714,981215,814,632188,766,0005,992,0002,351,104
7Apr 24, 2026 07:4715,621225,965,821201,073,0002,000,0002,297,856
8Apr 24, 2026 07:4716,190230,222,519209,480,0001,002,0002,433,024
9Apr 24, 2026 07:4717,164238,926,551219,133,0004,002,0002,420,736