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 listMay 5, 2026 09:00Victor MerckléVictor MerckléScore: 1,909Success
Source Code

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

Challenge History

No challenges yet.

Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1May 5, 2026 09:011,79238,415,17121,056,0002,251,0002,424,832
2May 5, 2026 09:011,83438,079,38321,526,0002,317,0002,453,504
3May 5, 2026 09:011,86238,193,53721,927,0002,281,0002,523,136
4May 5, 2026 09:011,90738,737,54122,481,0002,314,0002,375,680
5May 5, 2026 09:011,90938,446,27422,475,0002,353,0002,560,000
6May 5, 2026 09:012,03240,721,18324,095,0002,331,0002,400,256
7May 5, 2026 09:012,05245,789,28924,530,0002,151,0002,412,544
8May 5, 2026 09:012,10840,518,27324,238,0003,167,0002,449,408
9May 5, 2026 09:012,17341,785,95626,112,0002,145,0002,478,080