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 25, 2026 17:01Andrew Epstein126.39CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 25, 2026 17:10049,894,902,10949,871,751,00010,341,0006,311,936line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504617430753 246914 got liquidate 8 2 246914
2Oct 25, 2026 17:10049,782,042,93949,765,393,0006,945,0006,311,936line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504635268673 246914 got liquidate 8 2 246914
3Oct 25, 2026 17:10049,816,010,98949,799,695,0006,654,0006,311,936line 7: expected liquidate 8 -1152921504627994945 246914 got liquidate 8 2 246914
4Oct 16, 2026 22:091,70231,037,63919,886,0002,251,0002,117,632
5Oct 16, 2026 22:091,78832,087,39120,962,0002,292,0002,121,728
6Oct 16, 2026 22:091,85833,034,89721,895,0002,259,0002,117,632
7Oct 16, 2026 22:091,87033,125,27122,039,0002,271,0002,117,632
8Oct 16, 2026 22:091,88733,484,73922,172,0002,369,0002,117,632
9Oct 16, 2026 22:092,00434,931,97423,805,0002,255,0002,121,728
10Oct 16, 2026 22:092,04135,431,31424,227,0002,313,0002,121,728
11Oct 16, 2026 22:092,09836,934,39425,174,0002,102,0002,121,728
12Oct 16, 2026 22:092,37239,721,61528,565,0002,283,0002,121,728