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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Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1May 16, 2026 19:07029,173,33416,330,0001,031,0002,113,536line 0: expected liquidate 102 64205 6781070 got accounts=20108 trades=52828 repeated=2162 maxdistinct=11 hist=1400,4036,5414,4448,2750,1291,500,269
2May 16, 2026 19:07027,140,72616,312,0001,032,0002,113,536line 0: expected liquidate 901 110307 11256700 got accounts=20094 trades=52291 repeated=2124 maxdistinct=10 hist=1444,4104,5363,4485,2667,1301,495,235
3May 16, 2026 19:07027,977,92216,025,0001,077,0002,113,536line 0: expected liquidate 551 -275438 16259020 got accounts=20102 trades=56679 repeated=2804 maxdistinct=12 hist=1137,3751,5040,4709,2930,1560,629,346