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 23:46Josu San Martin10.00CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Sep 15, 2026 23:47010,916,88502,428,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 4 -416545 310200 got liquidate 4 5327 732072stderr
2Sep 15, 2026 23:47010,880,83702,455,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 13 -377708 277500 got liquidate 13 5242 660450stderr
3Sep 15, 2026 23:47010,877,53202,503,0002,121,728line 0: expected liquidate 12 -485137 405400 got liquidate 12 5397 895934stderr
4Sep 7, 2026 12:3886619,599,73610,070,0001,196,0002,121,728stderr
5Sep 7, 2026 12:3891220,321,21610,594,0001,270,0002,121,728stderr
6Sep 7, 2026 12:3896621,226,74711,337,0001,221,0002,121,728stderr
7Sep 7, 2026 12:3897021,050,08411,383,0001,231,0002,121,728stderr
8Sep 7, 2026 12:3898721,364,01311,653,0001,187,0002,121,728stderr
9Sep 7, 2026 12:3899421,411,63811,736,0001,186,0002,121,728stderr
10Sep 7, 2026 12:3899521,696,20711,677,0001,269,0002,121,728stderr
11Sep 7, 2026 12:381,01321,587,75611,967,0001,207,0002,121,728stderr
12Sep 7, 2026 12:381,02421,728,25612,074,0001,249,0002,121,728stderr