What are the $q$ Power Series?

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Question: What are the $q$ power series with $\pm1$ coefficients?

This question arose when I saw this:

$\ldots$ Thus, we may write$$f(-q^{1/5})=\sum\limits_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}(-1)^nq^{n(3n+1)/10}=J_1+q^{2/5}J_2+q^{1/5}J_3\tag1$$ Where $J_1,J_2,J_3$ are power series in $q$ with coefficients $\pm1$.

I'm not too sure what they meant by "power series in $q$ with coefficients $\pm1$." I tried searching up "power series in $q$" on the Internet, and nothing popped up.