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 16, 2026 00:38Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Sep 16, 2026 00:37Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Held
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 16, 2026 00:39010,649,76502,154,0002,117,632line 6: expected liquidate 21 -883238649 313791156 got liquidate 14 40 1200000stderr
2Sep 16, 2026 00:39010,738,92402,150,0002,117,632line 2: expected liquidate 13 -3029 18340 got liquidate 15 3688 91794211stderr
3Sep 16, 2026 00:39010,514,22902,013,0002,117,632line 13: expected liquidate 22 -961254 1898496 got liquidate 24 4958 1326835stderr
4Sep 3, 2026 22:4996820,973,92211,538,0001,055,0002,117,632stderr
5Sep 3, 2026 22:4997021,465,85811,575,0001,039,0002,117,632stderr
6Sep 3, 2026 22:491,00021,327,65511,953,0001,055,0002,117,632stderr
7Sep 3, 2026 22:491,02222,325,38412,191,0001,107,0002,117,632stderr
8Sep 3, 2026 22:491,06122,119,68712,742,0001,059,0002,117,632stderr
9Sep 3, 2026 22:491,10122,693,46213,255,0001,058,0002,117,632stderr
10Sep 3, 2026 22:491,13223,071,68613,589,0001,130,0002,117,632stderr
11Sep 3, 2026 22:491,13823,162,31313,693,0001,110,0002,117,632stderr
12Sep 3, 2026 22:491,14323,197,06913,788,0001,074,0002,117,632stderr