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 Epstein47.53CustomSolution Broken
Run Statistics
#DateScoreWall TimeCPU UserCPU SystemMemoryError
1Oct 25, 2026 17:010269,049,590251,801,0006,258,0006,311,936line 136629: expected liquidate 21029 -2896869017 59296180613 got liquidate 99999 100000000001494339 8500544
2Oct 25, 2026 17:010268,624,373251,414,0006,282,0006,311,936line 136493: expected liquidate 21016 0 10000496414 got liquidate 99999 100000000004400675 8500544
3Oct 25, 2026 17:010267,351,775250,378,0006,223,0006,311,936line 136548: expected liquidate 21108 8344 11060221610 got liquidate 99999 100000000027472963 8500544
4Oct 18, 2026 09:0020,304274,841,966262,882,0001,081,0002,113,536
5Oct 18, 2026 09:0021,038284,231,820272,395,0001,106,0002,113,536
6Oct 18, 2026 09:0026,217351,684,161339,744,0001,084,0002,113,536