Energy Raider.....Refer to SEC Rule 15c3-1. All intial capital contributions are required to be locked up for a period of 1 year. It is a net capital requirement. If the firm is going to include your capital contribution in its net capital computation and is not locking it up for a period of one year...then they are in violation of the net cap requirement. The commission has stated that an affiliateâs infusion of funds into a broker dealer and subsequent withdrawal after a short time can be viewed as a loan and considered a liability of the broker-dealer