FAIR VALUE OF MEASUREMENTS AND INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Fair Value of Warrants (Details)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivative [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.18%	2.24%
Volatility of underlying stock price	81.78%	72.10%
Expected life (years)	6 years 10 days	6 years 14 days
Warrant Derivative Liability
Derivative [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	0.33%		1.83%
Volatility of underlying stock price	90.00%		78.67%
Expected life (years)	5 years 10 months 20 days		6 years 7 months 20 days
Private Placement Option Liability
Derivative [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	0.55%
Volatility of underlying stock price	90.00%
Expected life (years)	7 years

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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