Agreed, if you have high conviction and really want exposure to the name, better idea to buy call options that are a bit out of the money then put your life savings on the line. You can still get asymmetric upside without putting all your capital to work.

I've never been good at the timing on options. I always buy too far out of the money and get burned. Closer to the money you might as well hold shares after fees.

You can get deep in the money to leverage, no need to buy way out of money and gamble.

also you can try different strategies (search them online, and pick the one according to your risk taste).