In brief...

Functionality

ShareWatch is a tool that keeps you up to date with your shares and derivatives. It consists of server and client parts:

ShareWatch server - constantly polls your share price provider, and provides a soap interface for ShareWatch clients.
The ShareWatch client - is a lightweight ticker and HTML window which polls the ShareWatch server for prices.

ShareWatch is currently

Currently works for the NASDAQ, AMEX and Australian markets:
- quotes.nasdaq-amex.com is used to obtain stocks from the NASDAQ and AMEX markets;
- telstra.com is used to obtain quotes from the ASX.
Anyone out there wants to add a module to fetch data for other markets is most welcome to do so. :)
The client application currently only presents the share prices. It will be enhanced to include real-time portfolio valuation to aid in trading decisions.
Other client applications will be developed. For example, an alert service will be written and integrated into the Python Messaging Service, another project of mine.