options, page-8

my current problem is trying to work out the best value. Sure, the Coy needs more cash, and that is the seemingly the ongoing way with biotechs/research/health, which can wear a bit thin after a while especially when the sp is ever declining.
So, if I do believe VLA has prospects what is the better value?:
To downpay $1000 now and $4000 in a year
Or to pay $3000 now?
Today's price and buying shares now looks better value to me
I realise that $3000 would buy me 3x as many options but I have to sweat on the sp being more than 5c in a year which may prove to be too short a time frame in this climate.

If it reaches 5c and I have taken the 3c share today then at least I would have already locked in a 66% gain