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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Challenge History
DateChallengerCostTypeStatus
May 17, 2026 05:46M-Rochat10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1May 17, 2026 05:46013,240,2721,453,00002,187,264line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
2May 17, 2026 05:4609,840,08101,516,0002,158,592line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
3May 17, 2026 05:4608,389,3631,309,00002,187,264line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
4May 5, 2026 08:371,52332,753,50617,531,0002,272,0002,437,120
5May 5, 2026 08:371,66834,148,67519,223,0002,462,0002,433,024
6May 5, 2026 08:371,66937,324,60619,457,0002,247,0002,449,408
7May 5, 2026 08:371,73834,643,62820,151,0002,448,0002,523,136
8May 5, 2026 08:371,77938,055,25921,020,0002,107,0002,383,872
9May 5, 2026 08:371,80338,973,80121,265,0002,175,0002,400,256
10May 5, 2026 08:371,82337,101,19221,520,0002,182,0002,404,352
11May 5, 2026 08:371,83936,136,67321,523,0002,388,0002,347,008
12May 5, 2026 08:371,95440,788,26323,196,0002,213,0002,347,008