Custom Daily Anchor

What is a "custom daily anchor"?

The daily anchor is the timestamp Statistical Mapping° treats as the "start" of a trading day for building its statistics and levels. By default the indicator follows the instrument's regular daily candle (for example 18:00 New York time for CME futures). With a custom anchor you can point that start to a session open that better reflects true liquidity for your instrument.

When to change the anchor

• Your instrument's active session does not align with its regular daily candle.
• You see frequent level drift or whipsaws around off‑hours.
• You want levels to line up with your execution session's opening range.

Practical anchors that work well

• 00:00: Useful when your venue genuinely resets at calendar midnight.
• 08:20: US futures pit legacy open. Still relevant for some traders tracking early liquidity.
• 08:30: US economic data dump window. Anchoring here can align levels with macro-led volatility.
• 09:30: Regular US equity open. Good for stocks and index CFDs that track cash market flows.
• 18:00: Popular for index futures like NQ to capture the RTH-to-GLOBEX handoff and stabilize levels across the session cycle.

How to set it in the indicator

1. Enable Use Custom Anchor in the Calculation settings (see the StatMap° v4 Settings Reference). It applies to the 1D rows.
2. Enter your desired time in HH:MM. The time is read in the indicator's own timezone: New York by default, or the Custom Timezone you select.
3. Your chart timezone does not change the anchor, so the same setting works on every chart.
4. Validate by checking that yesterday/today levels reset at your chosen time and align with known opens and opening ranges.