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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#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1May 4, 2026 11:15041,471,67422,877,0001,086,0002,351,104line 2197: expected liquidate 17356 21389 23390510 got liquidate 911 -319207 22174130
2May 4, 2026 11:151,62837,841,80820,121,0001,054,0002,469,888
3May 4, 2026 11:151,62836,082,76520,082,0001,085,0002,424,832
4May 4, 2026 11:151,63639,436,15620,203,0001,066,0002,482,176
5May 4, 2026 11:151,67336,531,31720,678,0001,076,0002,494,464
6May 4, 2026 11:151,70636,972,67721,109,0001,079,0002,469,888
7May 4, 2026 11:151,74439,586,20021,604,0001,078,0002,457,600
8May 4, 2026 11:151,77639,049,55722,015,0001,073,0002,379,776
9May 4, 2026 11:151,80440,733,39422,381,0001,083,0002,347,008