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Traders: Season 4

22 episodes Premiered Oct 15, 1998 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Traders

Season 4 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 3.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Reap The Whirlwind

Oct 15, 1998 · 60 min

Sally cleans out her office; Jack is on the run from the police; Marty's wife presents an unsettling realization.

S4·E2 Core

No Fixed Address

Oct 22, 1998 · 60 min

Jack makes arrangements for a new identity; Jansky falls in love; Chris is given control of the trading floor.

S4·E3 Core

Killer Instinct

Oct 29, 1998 · 60 min

Sally is convinced that Jack is innocent of murder; Ian becomes the driving force behind a mutual fund aimed at specific markets.

S4·E4 Core

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Nov 5, 1998 · 60 min

Sally cuts short Jack's life of leisure in the Turks and Caicos Islands by transferring his money out of his account.

S4·E5 Core

The Old Man & The CEO

Nov 12, 1998 · 60 min

Adam becomes a partner in a redevelopment project with an old associate; racist issues come to a head with Ian's mutual fund venture.

S4·E6 Core

The Falcon and the Showman

Nov 19, 1998 · 60 min

Sally is devastated over Jack's death; Adam suspects his new partner has Alzheimer's disease; Ian's mutual-fund plan hits a snag.

S4·E7 Core

Six Degrees of Duplicity

Nov 26, 1998 · 60 min

Sally schemes to buy back the bank; Adam's Montreal deal is in trouble; Chris finds a vehicle for vengeance against his former commune.

S4·E8 Core

Blood on the Floor

Dec 3, 1998 · 60 min

Sally's ethics in a biotechnology deal may not bear scrutiny; Adam pressures Ian into exploiting family ties; a bet heats things up between Chris and Niko.

S4·E9 Mytharc

Little Monsters

Dec 17, 1998 · 60 min

A motorcycle gang wants in on Adam's Montreal deal; Marty hires his son; Sally and Paul (Peter Stebbings) team to save a shipping company; Ziggy unwittingly reveals company secrets

S4·E10 Core

Spin Cycle

Dec 24, 1998 · 60 min

The unrepentant CEO of a baby food company blamed for the death of an infant only makes the resulting public relations crisis worse.

S4·E11 Core

The Sour Grapes of Wrath

Dec 31, 1999 · 60 min

Sally mediates a winery dispute; Marty suspects his wife is having an affair; Adam restructures a Montreal redevelopment deal.

S4·E12 Core

The Last Good Deal

Jan 7, 1999 · 60 min

Sally and Adam court a cruise ship magnate for a real-estate trust; Paul anxiously promotes a shaky Mexican deal; Ziggy returns.

S4·E13 Core

Eat The Loss

Jan 14, 1999 · 60 min

Recurring cancer clouds Sally's judgement; Adam orders Paul to clean up a retail stock fiasco; Marty's marriage flounders.

S4·E14 Core

The Price You Pay

Jan 21, 1999 · 60 min

Somebody posts a nude photo of Sally on the Internet; recent success makes Ian cocky; Paul succumbs to sexual harassment to close a deal.

S4·E15 Core

The History Lesson

Jan 28, 1999 · 60 min

Protesters stall a controversial real-estate development; Adam's rebellious teen-age niece keeps him hopping; Paul accuses Ian of meddling in a merger; Chris probes Niko's past

S4·E16 Core

The Great Stock N' Roll Swindle

Mar 18, 1999 · 60 min

Adam bids for a share in the bank; Sally faces chemotherapy on her own terms; children's business school proposal; Ian woos a former porn star (Karen Glave).

S4·E17 Core

Four Mergers and a Funeral

Mar 25, 1999 · 60 min

At a competitor's funeral, Sally meets a new love interest, Adam brokers a merger and the "grieving'' widow hits on Ian.

S4·E18 Core

Traders of the Lost Arc

Apr 1, 1999 · 60 min

Low morale has the company's performance in a slump; a new relationship gives Sally the will to fight her cancer; Adam's sister-in-law needs financial help.

S4·E19 Core

Every Secret Thing

Apr 8, 1999 · 60 min

Sally's new lover continues the investigation of her purchase of Gardner-Ross-Cunningham; Marty risks $3 million in unauthorized funds on the money market.

S4·E20 Core

Secret Information

Apr 15, 1999 · 60 min

The bank's future rides on Marty's bet against the yen; Sally confesses; sordid information could give Ian an edge on a merger; Adam arranges a party for Leo's 65th birthday party.

S4·E21 Mytharc

A Bitter Pill

Apr 22, 1999 · 60 min

Angry rivals hire thugs to assault Paul; Chris spearheads a venture capital deal; Ziggy baby-sits a rock star.

S4·E22 Mytharc

This World... Then The Fireworks

Apr 29, 1999 · 60 min

Sally considers financing a fertility project; a rival bank courts Adam; Jansky's hacker buddies compromise the market; Niko obeys a domineering former lover.

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