#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma comment(linker, "/stack:640000000")
using namespace std;
const double EPS = 1e-9;
const int INF = 0x7f7f7f7f;
const double PI = acos(-1.0);
template <class T>
inline T _abs(T n) {
  return ((n) < 0 ? -(n) : (n));
}
template <class T>
inline T _max(T a, T b) {
  return (!((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b));
}
template <class T>
inline T _min(T a, T b) {
  return (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b));
}
template <class T>
inline T _swap(T& a, T& b) {
  a = a ^ b;
  b = a ^ b;
  a = a ^ b;
}
template <class T>
inline T gcd(T a, T b) {
  return (b) == 0 ? (a) : gcd((b), ((a) % (b)));
}
template <class T>
inline T lcm(T a, T b) {
  return ((a) / gcd((a), (b)) * (b));
}
template <typename T>
string NumberToString(T Number) {
  ostringstream second;
  second << Number;
  return second.str();
}
struct debugger {
  template <typename T>
  debugger& operator,(const T& v) {
    cerr << v << " ";
    return *this;
  }
} dbg;
int t, n, m;
int arr[100005];
int main() {
  while (~scanf("%d", &n)) {
    int cnt = 0, prev = -INF, ans = -INF;
    for (int i = 1; i <= (n); i++) {
      scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
      if (arr[i] > prev) {
        prev = arr[i];
        cnt++;
      } else {
        prev = arr[i];
        cnt = 1;
      }
      ans = max(ans, cnt);
    }
    printf("%d\n", ans);
  }
  return 0;
}
