Finitely many upper and lower peaks prevent convergence

Suppose both $(a_n)$ and $(-a_n)$ have only finitely many peaks of a sequence. Beyond some index $N$, every term has a strictly larger later term and a strictly smaller later term. Starting from $a_N$, construct one strictly increasing and one strictly decreasing monotone subsequence.

If the original sequence had limit of a sequence $L$, both selected subsequences would tend to $L$. The increasing one has a second term strictly above $a_N$, so $L>a_N$; the decreasing one similarly forces $L<a_N$. This contradiction proves nonconvergence. For example, $a_n=(-1{)}^{n}n$ has no peaks of a sequence in either sign and diverges.