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 16, 2026 19:04027,394,80213,706,0001,113,0002,113,536line 0: expected liquidate 9636 55278 5561100 got bytes=7759262 a=20090 t=54582 p=675327 maxa=20081 maxi=116 final=18455 h=16003,14125,13595,13060,12798,12509,12377,11987
2May 16, 2026 19:04023,966,49413,784,0001,126,0002,113,536line 0: expected liquidate 1507 122952 12706240 got bytes=7863742 a=20085 t=55496 p=674418 maxa=20079 maxi=120 final=12657 h=16524,14771,13754,13265,12884,12493,12571,12408
3May 16, 2026 19:04024,098,49713,591,0001,145,0002,113,536line 0: expected liquidate 3422 11994 1274330 got bytes=7838074 a=20090 t=51329 p=678580 maxa=20088 maxi=114 final=4384 h=14645,13112,12956,12093,12002,11872,11772,11453