The future prices represent the agreed upon monetary value forcertain assets. The buyer and seller come to a compromise on whenthe asset will be sold; they also agree to a future date for thistransaction. The futures contract is a written document betweenthese two parties for the transaction. There is an exchange thatexists solely for the trading of futures contracts. The futurescontract is totally different from direct securities. For example,stocks, bonds, and warrants are all examples of directsecurities.The purchaser of the futures contract is willing to take a longposition for the future prices. The seller in the transaction takesa short position in this transaction. The main influence on futureprices is supply and demand. This factor has the greatest influenceon the entire process. I