Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

Securities Act File No. 333-122917

ICA No. 811- 21720

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2014

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


	Pre-Effective Amendment No. _______		[ ]

	Post-Effective Amendment No. 597		[ X ]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940


	Amendment No. 599		[ X ]

(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

Northern Lights Fund Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

17605 Wright Street

Omaha, NE 68154-1150

Attention: Andrew Rogers

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

(402) 895-1600

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

The Corporation Trust Company

Corporate Trust Center

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With a copy to :

JoAnn M. Strasser, Esq.

Thompson Hine LLP

41 South High Street, Suite 1700

Columbus, Ohio 43215

614-469-3265 (phone)

513-241-4771 (fax)

James Ash, Esq.

Gemini Fund Services, LLC

80 Arkay Drive, Suite 110

Hauppauge, New York 11788

(631) 470-2619

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

( )

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b).

(X)

on April 16, 2014 pursuant to paragraph (b).

( )

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1).

( )

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1).

( )

75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2).

( )

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

(X) this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 572 to its Registration Statement until April 16, 2014. Post-Effective Amendment No. 572 to the Trust’s Registration Statement relates to the Astor Macro Alternative Fund. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 572 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 574 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on December 31, 2013, are incorporated by reference herein.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 572 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Hauppauge, State of New York on the 4 ^th day of April 2014.

NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST

(Registrant)

By: Andrew Rogers,

President, Trustee and Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


John V. Palancia*	Trustee	April 4, 2014
Gary Lanzen*	Trustee	April 4, 2014
Anthony Hertl*	Trustee& Chairman	April 4, 2014
Mark Taylor*	Trustee	April 4, 2014
Mark D. Gersten*	Trustee	April 4, 2014
Mark Garbin*	Trustee	April 4, 2014
Andrew Rogers*	President, Principal Executive Officer and Trustee	April 4, 2014
Kevin Wolf*	Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer	April 4, 2014