my current problem is trying to work out the best value. Sure,...

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