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 05:47M-Rochat10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1May 17, 2026 05:47011,368,805953,00002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
2May 17, 2026 05:47011,740,496944,00002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
3May 17, 2026 05:47011,479,185949,00002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
4May 5, 2026 09:251,44633,165,67717,686,0001,121,0002,519,040
5May 5, 2026 09:251,60940,789,56819,813,0001,107,0002,437,120
6May 5, 2026 09:251,69537,474,99020,949,0001,094,0002,351,104
7May 5, 2026 09:251,78438,134,20022,127,0001,071,0002,498,560
8May 5, 2026 09:251,78539,249,02222,112,0001,098,0002,293,760
9May 5, 2026 09:251,82440,640,43122,631,0001,081,0002,445,312
10May 5, 2026 09:251,86442,791,38823,146,0001,086,0002,453,504
11May 5, 2026 09:251,87039,125,70323,231,0001,087,0002,482,176
12May 5, 2026 09:251,89040,042,49523,492,0001,078,0002,371,584