#include <iostream>
#define MAXN 100050

using namespace std;

int n, a[MAXN], rez;

int main()
{
    scanf("%d", &n);
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
		scanf("%d", &a[i]);
	for (int i = 10; i+9 <= n; i++) {
		int emerge = 1;
		for (int j = 1; j < i; j++)
			if (a[j] >= a[j+1])
				emerge = 0;
        for (int j = i; j <= i+8; j++)
			if (a[j] <= a[j+1])
				emerge = 0;
		rez += emerge;
	}
	printf("%d\n", rez);
    return 0;
}