A (social) position is extracted from an account's posts and is presented using values indicated in time filters.

The short form tells you the position ID number in the top left, the account's username and platform, the ticker for the asset and the time frame in which the position has been calculated.

In the top right, we can see that the account is long on the stock, so the return of the position is the return of the asset. In this example, the account's first post was from 7 months ago, which is within the one year until now time frame in the time filters, so the system yields the cumulative return of the position since then which gives 469.87 percent. We can also see that the position has made a loss of 2.44% today.

Had the account been short AMC, the returns calculated would be the negative of the respective cumulative and today's return. We shall explain buyins down below.

Clicking on the position, we can see more details about the position such as that the position was opened 7 months ago when AMC was quoted at $6.78 per share and the stock is now at $39.15. We can also see that the position is still active (has not been closed by the profile).

On more interesting notes, the position reached a high of over 1000% in return after 115 days (since opening) and reached a low of 23.29%. These statistics are meant to guide you through the drawdowns and variance in returns you can expect from the account's positions.

Lasso also lets you know how many other accounts have active positions in AMC and if you are signed in, we will also let you know if any of the profiles you follow also have positions in the stock.

We are all about social investing on Lasso, thus we want people to invest based on others' research. The way you do so is via buying into others' social positions. To do this, you first need to create a trading wallet that lets you open trading positions (as opposed to social positions). We are currently testing this wallet feature with paper trades, so if you are interested you can join the beta list before we open up live, real-money trading in the next couple of weeks.

Most positions on Lasso are viewable by everyone since they are pulled from public, social media posts. Some select positions created using Lasso accounts are set to private according to the profile's preferences. Only you can view your private positions.

On the left of the menu bar, you can buy into (create trade orders according to) the position if you have an active wallet. The middle menu contains several options, such as viewing the asset's other positions. If you are signed in and have authorised your account via the platform, you can also close your accounts' positions here. The button on the right takes you to view the position in even greater depth.

A post is an object either retrieved on a social media account (a Reddit submission, Tweet or YouTube video), a public official's position statement or a Lasso original post.

The compact form of a post lets you know the basics about it, such as the title of the post, the platform on which it was posted as well as the author's account. As always, the ID of the post immediately succeeds the "#" notation, which you can use to create a link to the post on Lasso as "lassofinance.io/posts/{post_id_here}".

Clicking on the post, we first see basic information about the author's account, the post's ID as well as how long ago the post was made. We of course can view the content of the post as well as any images that are hyperlinked in the title of the post. If you click on the title, it takes you to view the post on its original platform.

Lower down the modal, you have the option to view the post in more detail on a dedicated page via the "View post" button. If you are viewing a Reddit post, you will also be able to retrieve the top comments within the post to gauge others' reaction to it.

At the end, you can view all the positions that have been picked up in the post and the corresponding return since the post was made. You can also buy into these positions quickly as well as perform a number of tasks using the more options button described below.

For each position, you can view it in more depth by clicking on "View position". If you do not think that the position has been correctly flaired (labelled as long whereas it should be short or vice versa), you can report it via the second option. If you do not think that the post contains information about the ticker at all, then you can report it via the last option. We usually have everything fixed up within 12 hours of the report.