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I updated it slightly for an earlier stage 3 since your post. and yes, its all about the investor method for me. on a weekly chart, its pretty good. allows for a long hold all the way to the end of a trend, also allows to add to positions on continuations
anyway, as you say many ways to skin a cat
I'll amend it to colour the bars as its probably easier visually

You seem to be comparing 30 (week?) moving averages with trendlines and a few other things.  Any reason why you did not do something like the following psuedo code?

IF ((30 week MA rising) AND (close > 30 week MA)) {
    stage = 2
}
ELSE IF ((30 week MA falling) AND (close < 30 week MA)) {
    stage = 2
} ELSE {
    stage = 1/3
}

Or is it 'just because' you thought your way worked better?  I assume it would whipsaw less than the code here?

BTW - 'just because' is fine!

Looking at your indicator it appears that you'd do OK following it slavishly?