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 14, 2026 21:57Andrew Epstein29.52CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 14, 2026 22:04035,145,197,06134,948,431,000144,684,0005,758,976line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
2Oct 14, 2026 22:04035,633,466,92435,410,447,000153,262,0005,996,544line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
3Oct 14, 2026 22:04035,151,689,93234,944,888,000150,100,0006,221,824line 3: expected liquidate 5 20047 9900000 got liquidate 4 0 10000000000
4Oct 14, 2026 00:241,42727,544,80717,518,0001,043,00073,728
5Oct 14, 2026 00:241,49328,417,76118,323,0001,092,00077,824
6Oct 14, 2026 00:241,51128,616,20218,607,0001,048,00081,920
7Oct 14, 2026 00:241,53128,960,70518,844,0001,071,00094,208
8Oct 14, 2026 00:241,55729,142,49519,164,0001,077,00086,016
9Oct 14, 2026 00:241,58729,562,91719,586,0001,052,00081,920
10Oct 14, 2026 00:241,61830,162,89919,967,0001,068,00077,824
11Oct 14, 2026 00:241,79032,262,67922,226,0001,050,00094,208
12Oct 14, 2026 00:241,89333,588,45523,574,0001,043,00098,304