Traders: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Traders Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Dark Sanctuary
· 60 min
Jack is arrested for assault and sent to a remand centre, while Gardner/Ross, desperate for capital, assumes the debt of an insolvent Canadian airline.
Some Lies, Mostly Secrets
· 60 min
Jack is suspended and forced out of Gardner/Ross; Sally orchestrates the takeover of a tobacco company.
Nobody's Boy
· 60 min
Adam leads the bidding for a women's hospital that is being closed; Jack finds a way to turn Algonquin Air around; antagonism between Marty and Ayn escalates when she returns to Ga
Turnaround is Fair Play
· 60 min
Jack is shaken by an airplane crash that places the future of Algonquin Air in jeopardy; Benny's divorce settlement puts a strain on his relationship with Cathy; Adam is involved i
Pledge Of Allegiance
· 60 min
Sally staves off the takeover of a Canadian skate manufacturer; Adam tries to forge ties with an American bank; Jansky lets things get out of control when he begins trading for bot
A Soldiers Virtue
· 60 min
Sally's guest appearance on a TV business show triggers a stock market commotion - and a high-pressure courtship by billionaire Phil Hoagland; Jack faces ostracism by the financial
Profit & Prejudice
· 60 min
Power struggles intensify at Gardner/Ross over who will run their new mutual fund; Jack's junior mining company suddenly becomes a hot stock on news of promising diamond samples.
Meltdown
· 60 min
A global stock market panic leads to a struggle between Sally and Adam for control of Gardner/Ross; Faith vows to bust Marty for insider trading.
Hope Chasers
· 60 min
Multi-billionaire Phil Hoagland wants Sally to help him buy the St. Lawrence Seaway; Benny has a crisis of faith; Ayn rekindles her romance with Jack, but reveals an awful secret.
The Afterlife
· 60 min
Ayn's sudden absence from the bank due to her heroin overdose creates a crisis in the mutual fund and in her personal relationships; Adam contends with a scam artist in the funeral
Independence Day
· 60 min
Jack opposes Adam and Sally to pursue a deal with his former mentor; the traders think Ayn's ghost is wreaking havoc on the trading floor; Sally resents getting business based on h
The Unseen Lever
· 60 min
Marty's wife holds him to a promise to quit his job on their 20th anniversary; Adam pursues a major band merger to secure a high-level diplomatic posting.
The Sun And The Moon
· 60 min
Jack is forced to negotiate frontier style corruption of economics and politics when he gets in on an airport venture in an outpost of the former Soviet Union.
Two Steps Forward
· 60 min
Ayn returns to Gardner/Ross after rehab; a woman from Sally's past comes looking for a job; the traders mutiny over cuts to their bonuses; Adam gets revenge on a government ministe
Retreat But No Surrender
· 60 min
Dissension and infighting at Gardner/Ross inspire Sally to hire a corporate guru to take the staff on a weekend retreat north of Toronto. This episode features a guest appearance b
Joint Adventurers
· 60 min
Bigotry interferes with business when the owner of a professional basketball team refuses a deal on the grounds of her prospective partner's ethnic background. Adam interferes with
End Games
· 60 min
Gardner/Ross battles the market manipulations of Sally's multi-billionaire ex-boyfriend; a former Gardner/Ross intern serves Adam with a sexual harassment suit.
A Friend In Need
· 60 min
Implications of a scam involving the Lorelei diamond mine break up Jack and his partners; a visitor from Chris' hometown raises ghosts.
The Whites of Their Eyes
· 60 min
Jack and Marty invest in an independent high-end stereo manufacturer; D'Arby's parents try to sabotage his relationship with Ziggy.
Boom
· 60 min
Ayn leaves Garner/Ross to do disaster relief work in Columbia; Adam entices the United Nations to move to Montreal.
In Toto
· 60 min
Jack accepts an offer from Brunet to run Obelisque; D'Arby and Ziggy locate Jansky's mother; Marty proposes a memorial to Ayn.
In Vacuo
· 60 min
Jack discovers Brunet's money-laundering activities; the Ontario Securities Commission confiscates records from the trading floor.