I don't like my investments to go down too much. Using $50000 I can buy 200 shares of Tesla, at $250/ share. Or, I can invest 45000 in a safe stock, with 6% return, and with the remaining $5000 buy 1 year Tesla Call Options with $19 per call, strike price $250. With this strategy, I use options to limit my losses in case Tesla crashes in price. On the other hand, if Tesla goes up to $400, how much money am I going to have in total