Avoid daytrading on user specified dates

[helmutw]

Backtesting my daytrading strategy I want to avoid trading on user specified days (for example the US holidays).

What I am planning to do is, enter a list of days in my backtesting code like this:

List with dates not to trade:
05.25.2006
07.04.2006 ...

and add a condition like:

If date is on the list above, do not trade
Else check entry condition ...

How can this be done?

[ACM]

helmutw
An easy way to do this is shown in the sample code enclosed below
Alex

var Dates = new Array("6/22/2006","6/5/2006","5/25/2006","6/28/2006");//exclusion dates (see Note)
var mmddyy = getMonth()+"/"+getDay()+"/"+getYear();
var AllowTrading = true;
for(var i=0; i<=Dates.length; i++){
    if(mmddyy==Dates[i]){
        AllowTrading = false;
    }
}
//Note: dates can be in random order

if(AllowTrading==true){

    //trading strategy to be executed

}