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 05:37M-Rochat10.00CustomSolution Broken
May 17, 2026 05:36M-Rochat10.00RecheckSolution Held
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1May 17, 2026 05:37010,196,123939,00002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
2May 17, 2026 05:37011,573,824947,00002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
3May 17, 2026 05:37010,257,943945,00002,117,632line 0: expected liquidate 0 -8900 1000 got liquidate 4 -8900 1000
4May 5, 2026 09:391,49133,437,91218,312,0001,074,0002,490,368
5May 5, 2026 09:391,50035,343,16718,429,0001,072,0002,473,984
6May 5, 2026 09:391,60136,822,03519,727,0001,097,0002,469,888
7May 5, 2026 09:391,60435,195,70719,807,0001,055,0002,404,352
8May 5, 2026 09:391,60940,605,87019,817,0001,106,0002,379,776
9May 17, 2026 05:371,61029,918,38019,897,0001,044,0002,113,536
10May 5, 2026 09:391,64641,853,82820,339,0001,062,0002,334,720
11May 5, 2026 09:391,65837,266,83920,507,0001,056,0002,437,120
12May 17, 2026 05:371,70233,686,11321,080,0001,046,0002,113,536
13May 5, 2026 09:391,75136,302,06721,711,0001,060,0002,379,776
14May 17, 2026 05:371,75234,587,42021,718,0001,062,0002,113,536
15May 5, 2026 09:391,87840,366,40223,328,0001,087,0002,473,984