There aren't many:
1. The sequences should EITHER be so damned good that you can happily listen to them for many minutes (i.e. Klaus Schulze) without any variation or evolution OR sequences should evolve and vary in both content and timbre to prevent tedium setting in. (*)
2. No guitar solos. Ever! Guitars have their place in electronic music, but never as a solo / lead instrument. Using them occasionally to add tonal variation and background drones is permissible in small quantity.
3. Avoid 'live drumming'. This isn't jazz. This is structure, patterns, purity, mathematics. Hyperactive, poorly executed drumming is going to draw attention from the song.
4. Sounds should be 'old school'. If it needs more than a 3-oscillator Moog it probably doesn't belong in this genre.
5. Take the sequences and sequencers seriously, but don't take yourself seriously. There are dozens of Scandinavian chaps who are far better at this that you, and even they aren't going to be popular, famous, or mainstream. You're making music for yourself, and maybe a handful of others.
(*) Since there's only one Klaus Schulze, this rule really becomes: sequences should evolve and vary in both content and timbre to prevent tedium setting in
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