STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Employment Agreement - Feinsod Agreement 2017 [Member]	Dec. 08, 2017 $ / shares shares
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Employment Agreement [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 3.45
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	10 years
Time-based option [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Employment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares	600,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Description	600,000 stock options that vest on the anniversary date of the agreement for the next three years, or 200,000 per year (“Time-based Options”);
Market-based option [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - Feinsod Employment Agreement [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Description	three tranches of 100,000 stock options that vest when our stock price has an average trading price for 20 days of $3.50, $5.00 and $6.50 (“Market-based Options”)

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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General descriptive information regarding an arrangement under which employees and directors receive: (a) awards of equity shares, equity share options, or other equity instruments; or (b) the entity incurs liabilities to them: (1) in amounts based, at least in part, on the price of the entity's shares or other equity instruments; or (2) that require or may require settlement by issuance of the entity's shares. Such an arrangement is usually provided to employees and directors to compensate them, provide performance incentives to them, and to attract or retain their services. May also include pertinent information particular to a plan that is not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy.

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