diff --git a/bt/algos.py b/bt/algos.py
index 8b6e787..47343de 100644
--- a/bt/algos.py
+++ b/bt/algos.py
@@ -913,11 +913,14 @@ class SetStat(Algo):
         * stat (str|DataFrame): A dataframe of the same dimension as target.universe
           If a string is passed, frame is accessed using target.get_data
           This is the preferred way of using the algo.
+        * lag (DateOffset): Lag interval. The stat used today is the one calculated
+          at today - lag
     Sets:
         * stat
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, stat):
+    def __init__(self, stat, lag=pd.DateOffset(days=0)):
+        self.lag = lag
         if isinstance(stat, pd.DataFrame):
             self.stat_name = None
             self.stat = stat
@@ -930,7 +933,12 @@ def __call__(self, target):
             stat = self.stat
         else:
             stat = target.get_data(self.stat_name)
-        target.temp["stat"] = stat.loc[target.now]
+
+        t0 = target.now - self.lag
+        if t0 not in stat.index:
+            return False
+
+        target.temp["stat"] = stat.loc[t0]
         return True
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index acb8813..d27b85f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ def local_file(filename):
     keywords="python finance quant backtesting strategies algotrading algorithmic trading",
     url="https://github.com/pmorissette/bt",
     license="MIT",
-    install_requires=[
-        "ffn>=1.0.0",
-        "pyprind>=2.11",
-        "tqdm>=4"
-    ],
+    install_requires=["ffn>=1.0.0", "pyprind>=2.11", "tqdm>=4"],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
             "cython>=0.29.25",