#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
ifstream fi( "scmax.in" );
ofstream fo( "scmax.out" );
long long int a[100000],poz[100000];
int n,i,nr,max;
int main()
{
fi>>n;
for( i=1; i<=n; i++ )
	fi>>a[i];
poz[1]=1;
for(i=2;i<=n;i++)
	if(a[i]>a[i-1] )
       poz[i]=poz[i-1]+1;
	else
		poz[i]=poz[i-1];

	fo<<poz[n];
	
	
	
	
	
	
	fi.close();
	fo.close();
}