485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2012

Securities Act File No. 333-59745

Investment Company Act File No. 811-08895

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

Registration Statement Under The Securities Act Of 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 61	x
and/or
Registration Statement Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940	x
Amendment No. 62 (Check appropriate box or boxes)	x

ING FUNDS TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 992-0180

Huey P. Falgout, Jr. ING Investments, LLC 7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road Scottsdale, AZ 85258 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) With copies to: Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq. Dechert LLP 1775 I Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006

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

x	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)	¨	on (date) 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:
¨	This post-effective amendment designated a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness for this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale and the State of Arizona on the 13^th day of November, 2012.

ING FUNDS TRUST
By:	/s/ Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
	Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
	Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
Shaun Mathews*	President, Chief Executive Officer and Interested Trustee	November 13, 2012
Todd Modic*	Senior Vice President and Chief/Principal Financial Officer	November 13, 2012
Colleen D. Baldwin*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
John V. Boyer*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
Patricia Chadwick*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
Peter S. Drotch*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
J. Michael Earley*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
Patrick W. Kenny*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
Sheryl K. Pressler*	Trustee	November 13, 2012
Roger B. Vincent*	Chairman and Trustee	November 13, 2012
Robert W. Crispin*	Interested Trustee	November 13, 2012
*By: /s/ Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
Huey P. Falgout, Jr.   As Attorney-in-Fact

* Powers of Attorney for Shaun P. Mathews, Todd Modic and each Trustee were filed as an Exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to the Registrant’s Form N-1A Registration Statement on July 30, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

ING Funds Trust

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EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
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ING Strategic Income Fund

ING Strategic Income Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES

The Fund seeks a high level of current income.

Long-term capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in ING Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 26) or the Statement of Additional Information (page 27).

Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment

Shareholder Fees ING Strategic Income Fund	Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price	Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less
Class A	2.50%	none	[1]
Class C	none	1.00%
Class I	none	none
Class R	none	none
Class W	none	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment

Annual Fund Operating Expenses ING Strategic Income Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I	Class R	Class W
Management Fees		0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	1.00%	none	0.50%	none
Administrative Services Fees		0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
Other Expenses	[1]	0.89%	0.89%	0.80%	0.89%	0.89%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	[1]	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		1.95%	2.70%	1.61%	2.20%	1.70%
Waivers and Reimbursements	[2]	(0.80%)	(0.80%)	(0.91%)	(0.80%)	(0.80%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements		1.15%	1.90%	0.70%	1.40%	0.90%

Expense Examples $

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples show costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Examples also assume that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example ING Strategic Income Fund (USD $)	1 Yr	3 Yrs
Class A	364	745
Class C	293	736
Class I	72	391
Class R	143	584
Class W	92	430

Expense Example, No Redemption ING Strategic Income Fund (USD $)	1 Yr	3 Yrs
Class A	364	745
Class C	193	736
Class I	72	391
Class R	143	584
Class W	92	430

The Examples reflect applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-year period.

Portfolio Turnover % of average value of portfolio

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transactions costs and may mean higher taxes if you are investing in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Examples, affect the Fund’s performance.

Since the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus, there is no annual portfolio turnover rate information included.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests in a combination of Underlying Funds which are actively managed funds that invest in domestic and foreign (including emerging markets) fixed-income instruments, floating rate loans, and other floating rate debt instruments. In addition to investing in these Underlying Funds, the Fund invests directly in fixed-income securities, including investment-grade and below investment-grade securities, asset-backed securities, and mortgage-backed securities.

Fixed-income instruments in which the Underlying Funds may also invest include bonds, debt securities, and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. Debt securities may include, without limitation, bonds, debentures, notes, convertible securities, commercial paper, loans and related assignments and participations, corporate debt, asset-backed securities, bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances and money market instruments, including money market funds denominated in U.S. dollars or other currencies. Floating rate loans and other floating rate debt instruments include floating rate bonds, floating rate notes, floating rate debentures, and tranches of floating rate asset-backed securities, including structured notes, made to, or issued by, U.S. and non-U.S. corporations or other business entities.

The Fund may also invest in derivatives, including options, futures, swaps (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps), and currency forwards, as a substitute for taking a position in an underlying asset, to make tactical asset allocations, seek to minimize risk, to enhance returns, and/or assist in managing cash.

The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders thereunder (“1940 Act”).

The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.

The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33¹ / ₃ % of its total assets.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect the Fund’s or an Underlying Fund’s performance or cause the Fund or an Underlying Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The value of your investment in the Fund will also change with the values of the Underlying Funds and their investments.

Asset Allocation   The success of the Fund’s strategy depends on the Adviser’s or Sub-Adviser’s skill in allocating Fund assets between the asset classes and in choosing investments within those categories. There is a risk that the Fund may allocate assets to an asset class that underperforms other asset classes.

Call   During periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer may “call” or repay its high-yielding bond before the bond’s maturity date. If forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, the Fund or an Underlying Fund would experience a decline in income.

Company   The price of a given company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons including, among others, poor management, financial problems, or business challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.

Convertible Securities   Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt securities, such as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the stocks into which they convert, they are subject to market risk.

Credit   Prices of bonds and other debt securities can fall if the issuer’s actual or perceived financial health deteriorates, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late in paying interest or principal, or could fail to pay altogether.

Currency   To the extent that the Fund or an Underlying Fund invests directly in foreign currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged.

Derivative Instruments   Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying securities, credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The use of certain derivatives may also have a leveraging effect which may increase the volatility of the Fund or an Underlying Fund and reduce its returns.

Foreign Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund or the Underlying Funds experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, and auditing standards; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; or political changes or diplomatic developments. Foreign investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.

High-Yield Securities   Investments rated below investment-grade (or of similar quality if unrated) are known as “high-yield securities” or “junk bonds.” High-yield securities are subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risks. High-yield securities are considered primarily speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments.

Interest in Loans   The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A large rise in interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans are generally fully collateralized when purchased, the collateral may become illiquid or decline in value. Many loans themselves carry liquidity and valuation risks.

Interest Rate   With bonds and other fixed rate debt securities, a rise in interest rates generally causes values to fall; conversely, values generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the security, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk.

Leverage   Certain transactions and investment strategies may give rise to leverage. Such transactions and investment strategies, include, but are not limited to: borrowing, dollar rolls, reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities and the use of when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward-commitment transactions. The use of certain derivatives may also increase leveraging risk. The use of leverage may increase the Fund or an Underlying Fund’s expenses and increase the impact of the the Fund or an Underlying Fund’s other risks.

Liquidity   If a security is illiquid, the Fund or an Underlying Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the manager might wish to sell, and the security could have the effect of decreasing the overall level of the Fund or an Underlying Fund’s liquidity. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, which could vary from the amount the Fund or an Underlying Fund could realize upon disposition. The Fund or an Underlying Fund may make investments that become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perception. The Fund or an Underlying Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the Fund or an Underlying Fund.

Market   Stock prices may be volatile and are affected by the real or perceived impacts of such factors as economic conditions and political events. The stock market tends to be cyclical, with periods when stock prices generally rise and periods when stock prices generally decline. Any given stock market segment may remain out of favor with investors for a short or long period of time, and stocks as an asset class may underperform bonds or other asset classes during some periods.

Market Capitalization   Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories - large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-sized companies causing the Fund or an Underlying Fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in larger, fully-valued companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with larger companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may decline significantly in market downturns.

Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities   Defaults on or the low credit quality or liquidity of the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities held by the Fund or an Underlying Fund may impair the value of the securities. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest granted with respect to those underlying assets. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of fixed-income securities.

Other Investment Companies   The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that the value of the securities underlying an investment company might decrease. Because the Fund or an Underlying Fund may invest in other investment companies, you will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of the Fund and a proportionate share of the expenses of each Underlying Fund.

Prepayment and Extension   Prepayment risk is the risk that principal on mortgages or other loan obligations underlying a security may be repaid prior to the stated maturity date which may reduce the market value of the security and the anticipated yield-to-maturity. Extension risk is the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to repay principal on an obligation held by the Fund or an Underlying Fund later than expected which may decrease the value of the obligation and prevent the Fund or an Underlying Fund from investing expected repayment proceeds in securities paying yields higher than the yields paid by the securities that were expected to be repaid.

Securities Lending   Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security in a timely manner.

Sovereign Debt   These securities are issued or guaranteed by foreign government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. Some of these reasons may include cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of its debt position to its economy or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting sovereign debts that a government does not pay or bankruptcy proceeding by which all or part of sovereign debt that a government entity has not repaid may be collected.

An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2011, there is no annual performance information included.

[1] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1 million or more.

[1] Other Expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

[2] The adviser is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.15%, 1.90%, 0.70%, 1.40%, and 0.90% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2014; the obligation does not extend to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment related costs, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of borrowings. The obligation will automatically renew for one-year terms unless it is terminated by the Fund or the adviser upon written notice within 90 days of the end of the current term or upon termination of the management agreement and is subject to possible recoupment by the adviser within three years.

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Prospectus Date

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES

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The Fund seeks a high level of current income.

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Long-term capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

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These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in ING Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 26) or the Statement of Additional Information (page 27).

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Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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August 1, 2014

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover % of average value of portfolio

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transactions costs and may mean higher taxes if you are investing in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Examples, affect the Fund’s performance.

Since the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus, there is no annual portfolio turnover rate information included.

Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]

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A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1 million or more.

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You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in ING Funds.

Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]

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100,000

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Other Expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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Other Expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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Expense Examples $

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The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples show costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Examples also assume that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Closing [Text Block]

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The Examples reflect applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-year period.

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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

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The Fund invests in a combination of Underlying Funds which are actively managed funds that invest in domestic and foreign (including emerging markets) fixed-income instruments, floating rate loans, and other floating rate debt instruments. In addition to investing in these Underlying Funds, the Fund invests directly in fixed-income securities, including investment-grade and below investment-grade securities, asset-backed securities, and mortgage-backed securities.

Fixed-income instruments in which the Underlying Funds may also invest include bonds, debt securities, and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. Debt securities may include, without limitation, bonds, debentures, notes, convertible securities, commercial paper, loans and related assignments and participations, corporate debt, asset-backed securities, bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, bankers’ acceptances and money market instruments, including money market funds denominated in U.S. dollars or other currencies. Floating rate loans and other floating rate debt instruments include floating rate bonds, floating rate notes, floating rate debentures, and tranches of floating rate asset-backed securities, including structured notes, made to, or issued by, U.S. and non-U.S. corporations or other business entities.

The Fund may also invest in derivatives, including options, futures, swaps (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps), and currency forwards, as a substitute for taking a position in an underlying asset, to make tactical asset allocations, seek to minimize risk, to enhance returns, and/or assist in managing cash.

The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders thereunder (“1940 Act”).

The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.

The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 33¹ / ₃ % of its total assets.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS

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You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect the Fund’s or an Underlying Fund’s performance or cause the Fund or an Underlying Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. The value of your investment in the Fund will also change with the values of the Underlying Funds and their investments.

Asset Allocation   The success of the Fund’s strategy depends on the Adviser’s or Sub-Adviser’s skill in allocating Fund assets between the asset classes and in choosing investments within those categories. There is a risk that the Fund may allocate assets to an asset class that underperforms other asset classes.

Call   During periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer may “call” or repay its high-yielding bond before the bond’s maturity date. If forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, the Fund or an Underlying Fund would experience a decline in income.

Company   The price of a given company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons including, among others, poor management, financial problems, or business challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.

Convertible Securities   Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt securities, such as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the stocks into which they convert, they are subject to market risk.

Credit   Prices of bonds and other debt securities can fall if the issuer’s actual or perceived financial health deteriorates, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late in paying interest or principal, or could fail to pay altogether.

Currency   To the extent that the Fund or an Underlying Fund invests directly in foreign currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged.

Derivative Instruments   Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying securities, credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The use of certain derivatives may also have a leveraging effect which may increase the volatility of the Fund or an Underlying Fund and reduce its returns.

Foreign Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund or the Underlying Funds experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies due to: smaller markets; differing reporting, accounting, and auditing standards; nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation; foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or replacement; potential for default on sovereign debt; or political changes or diplomatic developments. Foreign investment risks may be greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.

High-Yield Securities   Investments rated below investment-grade (or of similar quality if unrated) are known as “high-yield securities” or “junk bonds.” High-yield securities are subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risks. High-yield securities are considered primarily speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments.

Interest in Loans   The value and the income streams of interests in loans (including participation interests in lease financings and assignments in secured variable or floating rate loans) will decline if borrowers delay payments or fail to pay altogether. A large rise in interest rates could increase this risk. Although loans are generally fully collateralized when purchased, the collateral may become illiquid or decline in value. Many loans themselves carry liquidity and valuation risks.

Interest Rate   With bonds and other fixed rate debt securities, a rise in interest rates generally causes values to fall; conversely, values generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the security, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk.

Leverage   Certain transactions and investment strategies may give rise to leverage. Such transactions and investment strategies, include, but are not limited to: borrowing, dollar rolls, reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities and the use of when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward-commitment transactions. The use of certain derivatives may also increase leveraging risk. The use of leverage may increase the Fund or an Underlying Fund’s expenses and increase the impact of the the Fund or an Underlying Fund’s other risks.

Liquidity   If a security is illiquid, the Fund or an Underlying Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the manager might wish to sell, and the security could have the effect of decreasing the overall level of the Fund or an Underlying Fund’s liquidity. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, which could vary from the amount the Fund or an Underlying Fund could realize upon disposition. The Fund or an Underlying Fund may make investments that become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perception. The Fund or an Underlying Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the Fund or an Underlying Fund.

Market   Stock prices may be volatile and are affected by the real or perceived impacts of such factors as economic conditions and political events. The stock market tends to be cyclical, with periods when stock prices generally rise and periods when stock prices generally decline. Any given stock market segment may remain out of favor with investors for a short or long period of time, and stocks as an asset class may underperform bonds or other asset classes during some periods.

Market Capitalization   Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories - large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-sized companies causing the Fund or an Underlying Fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in larger, fully-valued companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with larger companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may decline significantly in market downturns.

Mortgage- and/or Asset-Backed Securities   Defaults on or the low credit quality or liquidity of the underlying assets of the asset-backed (including mortgage-backed) securities held by the Fund or an Underlying Fund may impair the value of the securities. There may be limitations on the enforceability of any security interest granted with respect to those underlying assets. These securities also present a higher degree of prepayment and extension risk and interest rate risk than do other types of fixed-income securities.

Other Investment Companies   The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that the value of the securities underlying an investment company might decrease. Because the Fund or an Underlying Fund may invest in other investment companies, you will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of those other investment companies (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of the Fund and a proportionate share of the expenses of each Underlying Fund.

Prepayment and Extension   Prepayment risk is the risk that principal on mortgages or other loan obligations underlying a security may be repaid prior to the stated maturity date which may reduce the market value of the security and the anticipated yield-to-maturity. Extension risk is the risk that an issuer will exercise its right to repay principal on an obligation held by the Fund or an Underlying Fund later than expected which may decrease the value of the obligation and prevent the Fund or an Underlying Fund from investing expected repayment proceeds in securities paying yields higher than the yields paid by the securities that were expected to be repaid.

Securities Lending   Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security in a timely manner.

Sovereign Debt   These securities are issued or guaranteed by foreign government entities. Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity may delay payment, restructure its debt, or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt. Some of these reasons may include cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of its debt position to its economy or its failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting sovereign debts that a government does not pay or bankruptcy proceeding by which all or part of sovereign debt that a government entity has not repaid may be collected.

An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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You could lose money on an investment in the Fund.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2011, there is no annual performance information included.

Performance One Year or Less [Text]

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Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2011, there is no annual performance information included.

ING Strategic Income Fund | Class A

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

2.50%

Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

none

^[1]

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.55%

Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.25%

Administrative Services Fees

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.10%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.89%

^[2]

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.16%

^[2]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.95%

Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.80%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.15%

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

364

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

745

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

364

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

745

ING Strategic Income Fund | Class C

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

1.00%

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.55%

Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

1.00%

Administrative Services Fees

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.10%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.89%

^[2]

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.16%

^[2]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

2.70%

Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.80%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.90%

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

293

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

736

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

193

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

736

ING Strategic Income Fund | Class I

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.55%

Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Administrative Services Fees

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.10%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.80%

^[2]

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.16%

^[2]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.61%

Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.91%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.70%

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

72

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

391

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

72

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

391

ING Strategic Income Fund | Class R

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.55%

Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.50%

Administrative Services Fees

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.10%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.89%

^[2]

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.16%

^[2]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

2.20%

Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.80%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.40%

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

143

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

584

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

143

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

584

ING Strategic Income Fund | Class W

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.55%

Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Administrative Services Fees

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.10%

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.89%

^[2]

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.16%

^[2]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.70%

Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.80%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waivers and Reimbursements

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.90%

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

92

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

430

1 Yr

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

92

3 Yrs

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

430

[1] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1 million or more.

[2] Other Expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

[3] The adviser is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.15%, 1.90%, 0.70%, 1.40%, and 0.90% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2014; the obligation does not extend to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment related costs, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of borrowings. The obligation will automatically renew for one-year terms unless it is terminated by the Fund or the adviser upon written notice within 90 days of the end of the current term or upon termination of the management agreement and is subject to possible recoupment by the adviser within three years.

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Document and Entity Information	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2012
Risk/Return:
Document Type	485BPOS
Document Period End Date	Oct. 31, 2012
Registrant Name	ING FUNDS TRUST
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Document Creation Date	Oct. 31, 2012
Document Effective Date	Nov. 01, 2012
Prospectus Date	Nov. 01, 2012