using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using static kyoupuro.Input;
using static kyoupuro.MyMath;

namespace kyoupuro {

    class MainClass {

        public static void Main() {
            var N = NextInt;
            var T = NextInt;
            int count = 0, minimam = int.MaxValue, diff = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
                var tmp = NextInt;

                if(minimam > tmp) {
                    minimam = tmp;
                } else if(tmp - minimam > diff) {
                    count = 1;
                    diff = tmp - minimam;
                } else if(tmp - minimam == diff) {
                    count++;
                }
            }

            Console.WriteLine(count);
        }

        public static bool IsMatch(char prev, char now, char next, char ox) {
            return now == 'S' ^ ox == 'x' ? prev == next : prev != next;
        }
    }

    class MyMath {
        public const long mod = 1000000007;

        public static long Gcd(long a, long b) {
            return b == 0 ? a : Gcd(b, a % b);
        }

        public static long Sqrt(long n) {
            if (n < 0) return 0;
            long a = 0, tmp = 0, b = 0;
            for (int i = 62; i >= 0; i -= 2) {
                tmp = (b << 1) + 1 <= (n >> i) ? 1 : 0;
                a = a << 1 | tmp;
                n -= (((b << 1) + 1) * tmp) << i;
                b = (b << 1) + tmp + tmp;
            }
            return a;
        }
    }

    public class PriorityQueue<T> {

        readonly List<T> _heap = new List<T>();
        readonly Comparison<T> _comparison;

        public PriorityQueue(Comparison<T> comparison) {
            _comparison = comparison;
        }

        public PriorityQueue() : this(Comparer<T>.Default.Compare) { }

        public PriorityQueue(IComparer<T> comparer) : this(comparer.Compare) { }

        public void Enqueue(T item) {
            _heap.Add(item);

            int childID = _heap.Count - 1;
            int parentID = (childID - 1) / 2;

            while (childID > 0 && _comparison(_heap[parentID], _heap[childID]) > 0) {
                Swap(parentID, childID);
                childID = parentID;
                parentID = (parentID - 1) / 2;
            }
        }

        public T Dequeue() {
            var first = _heap.First();
            _heap[0] = _heap.Last();
            _heap.RemoveAt(_heap.Count - 1);

            int parentID = 0;
            int childID = parentID * 2 + 2;
            if (childID >= _heap.Count || _comparison(_heap[childID], _heap[childID - 1]) > 0) childID--;

            while (childID < _heap.Count && _comparison(_heap[parentID], _heap[childID]) > 0) {
                Swap(parentID, childID);
                parentID = childID;
                childID = parentID * 2 + 2;
                if (childID >= _heap.Count || _comparison(_heap[childID], _heap[childID - 1]) > 0) childID--;
            }

            return first;
        }

        void Swap(int parent, int child) {
            var tmp = _heap[parent];
            _heap[parent] = _heap[child];
            _heap[child] = tmp;
        }

        public T Peek() { return _heap[0]; }
        public int Count => _heap.Count;
        public bool Any() { return _heap.Any(); }
        public List<T> Data => _heap;
    }

    class Input {
        static IEnumerator<string> enumerator = new string[] { }.AsEnumerable().GetEnumerator();

        public static string Line => Console.ReadLine();

        public static string[] StrArr => Line.Split(' ');

        public static int NextInt => int.Parse(NextWord());

        public static long NextLong => long.Parse(NextWord());

        public static List<int> IntList => StrArr.Select(int.Parse).ToList();

        public static List<long> LongList => StrArr.Select(long.Parse).ToList();

        public static string NextWord() {
            while (!enumerator.MoveNext()) {
                enumerator = StrArr.AsEnumerable().GetEnumerator();
            }
            return enumerator.Current;
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 24032