#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int a,b,max_num,min_num,counter = 0;
    cin>>a;
    for(int i=1;i<=a;i++)
    {
        cin>>b;
        if(i == 1)
        {
            max_num = b;
            min_num = b;
        }
        if(i > 1)
        {
            if(b < min_num)
            {
                min_num = b;
                counter++;
            }
            if(b > max_num)
            {
                max_num = b;
                counter++;
            }
        }

    }

    cout<<counter<<endl;

}