I think Cheif is questioning whether there are any rules or not
If there weren't any rules, then Don wouldn't be using this methodology as a basis of his longer term forecasts.
Bending the rules includes taking those that were rules and making them "guidelines" (or disregarding them completely) when things don't go as "planned" (one example: alternation).
Furthermore, if rules are broken in order to make a point to contrary, then the "principle" becomes only "theory" and therefore becomes hit and miss...very much flipping a coin. I haven't seen this to be the case as too many people still make money using this methodology in its proper usage.
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