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
Sep 15, 2026 23:40Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Sep 15, 2026 23:38Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Held
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 23:42010,709,72902,236,0002,117,632line 10: expected liquidate 17 -744900 505000 got liquidate 16 40 1200000stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 23:42011,068,16102,014,0002,117,632line 1: expected liquidate 18 -645434 1193403 got liquidate 15 4171 596766709stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 23:42010,750,36202,133,0002,117,632line 5: expected liquidate 20 -101666572 569357662 got liquidate 11 3232 1215009stderr
4Sep 2, 2026 10:2492420,311,46210,899,0001,120,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 2, 2026 10:2493520,423,56611,095,0001,068,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 2, 2026 10:2494121,395,24811,092,0001,149,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 2, 2026 10:2497420,962,15811,613,0001,059,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 2, 2026 10:2497720,985,03711,669,0001,043,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 2, 2026 10:2498721,095,77511,763,0001,075,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 2, 2026 10:241,01621,539,89912,106,0001,105,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 2, 2026 10:241,05422,043,06312,606,0001,097,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 2, 2026 10:241,10222,609,80913,296,0001,030,0002,117,632stderr