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
Oct 13, 2026 12:11Andrew Epstein28.20CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 13, 2026 12:260392,844,601375,613,0008,427,0005,623,808line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Oct 13, 2026 12:260391,485,108374,225,0008,443,0005,615,616line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Oct 13, 2026 12:260393,193,846373,957,0008,569,0005,615,616line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 9, 2026 13:421,42227,486,17317,381,0001,106,00073,728
5Oct 9, 2026 13:421,49928,417,48518,400,0001,090,00086,016
6Oct 9, 2026 13:421,52228,591,01718,717,0001,070,00081,920
7Oct 9, 2026 13:421,54128,896,14718,963,0001,080,00086,016
8Oct 9, 2026 13:421,54128,942,18318,967,0001,075,00086,016
9Oct 9, 2026 13:421,59431,090,75019,681,0001,047,00094,208
10Oct 9, 2026 13:421,64230,298,53720,278,0001,068,00090,112
11Oct 9, 2026 13:421,70431,083,65521,106,0001,052,00090,112
12Oct 9, 2026 13:421,74333,080,41821,630,0001,039,00098,304