485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 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. 66	x
and/or
Registration Statement Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940	x
Amendment No. 67 (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.	With copies to:
ING Investments, LLC	Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq.
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road	Dechert, LLP
Scottsdale, AZ 85258	1775 I Street, N.W.
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)	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 has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Scottsdale and State of Arizona on the 31^st day of December, 2012.

ING FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ Huey P. Falgout    

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	December 31, 2012
Todd Modic*	Senior Vice President and Chief/Principal Financial Officer	December 31, 2012
Colleen D. Baldwin*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
John V. Boyer*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
Patricia Chadwick*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
Peter S. Drotch*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
J. Michael Earley*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
Patrick W. Kenny*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
Sheryl K. Pressler*	Trustee	December 31, 2012
Roger B. Vincent*	Chairman and Trustee	December 31, 2012
Robert W. Crispin*	Interested Trustee	December 31, 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 dated May 23, 2012 were filed as attachments 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

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	ING FUNDS TRUST
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Dec. 17, 2012
Document Creation Date	dei_DocumentCreationDate	Dec. 13, 2012

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ING Short Term Bond Fund

ING Short Term Bond Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks maximum total return.

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 18) or the Statement of Additional Information (page 137).

Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment

Shareholder Fees ING Short Term Bond 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 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 Short Term Bond Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I	Class W
Management Fees		0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	1.00%	none	none
Administrative Services Fees		0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
Other Expenses	[1]	0.21%	0.21%	0.15%	0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.91%	1.66%	0.60%	0.66%
Waivers and Reimbursements	[2]	(0.11%)	(0.11%)	(0.10%)	(0.11%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements		0.80%	1.55%	0.50%	0.55%

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 Short Term Bond Fund (USD $)	1 Yr	3 Yrs
Class A	330	520
Class C	258	511
Class I	51	180
Class W	56	198

Expense Example, No Redemption ING Short Term Bond Fund (USD $)	1 Yr	3 Yrs
Class A	330	520
Class C	158	511
Class I	51	180
Class W	56	198

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

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of bonds or derivative instruments having economic characteristics similar to bonds. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy. The average dollar-weighted maturity of the Fund will not exceed 3 years.

The Fund invests in non-government issued debt securities, issued by companies of all sizes, rated investment-grade, but may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities, (commonly referred to as “junk bonds,”) rated B or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or by Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) or, if not rated by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, if the sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) determines at the time of purchase that they are of comparable quality. Money market securities must be rated in the two highest rating categories by Moody’s (P-1 or P-2), S&P (A-1+, A-1 or A-2) or Fitch (A-1+, A-1 or A-2), or determined, at the time of purchase, to be of comparable quality by the Sub-Adviser.

The Fund may also invest in: preferred stocks; U.S. government securities, securities of foreign governments, and supranational organizations; mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt securities; municipal bonds, notes, and commercial paper; and debt securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may engage in dollar roll transactions and swap agreements, including credit default swaps. The Fund may use options and futures contracts involving securities, securities indices and interest rates to hedge against market risk, to enhance returns, and as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset.

In addition, private placements of debt securities (which are often restricted securities) are eligible for purchase along with other illiquid securities.

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 believes that relationships between the drivers of fixed-income returns change over time and that recognizing this is key to managing fixed-income assets. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser employs a dynamic investment process that balances top-down macro economic considerations and fundamental bottom-up analysis during the steps of its investment process - sector allocation, security selection, duration and yield curve management. This includes leveraging proprietary qualitative analysis along with quantitative tools throughout the portfolio construction process.

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 Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds.

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 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.

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.

Credit Default Swaps The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. As a buyer of the swap, the Fund pays a fee to protect against the risk that a security held by the Fund will default. As a seller of the swap, the Fund receives payment(s) in return for its obligation to pay the counterparty an agreed upon value of a security in the event of a default of the security issuer. Credit default swaps are largely unregulated and susceptible to liquidity, credit, and counterparty risks.

Currency To the extent that the 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 and reduce its returns.

Foreign Investments Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund 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.

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 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.

Liquidity If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, and the security could have the effect of decreasing the overall level of the 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 could realize upon disposition. The Fund may make investments that become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perception. The Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the 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.

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 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.

Municipal Obligations The municipal market in which the Fund invests is volatile and can be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal 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 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.

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 later than expected, which may decrease the value of the obligation and prevent the 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.

U.S. Government Securities and Obligations U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk.

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 0.50% 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 $500,000 or more.

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

[2] The adviser is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.80%, 1.55%, 0.50%, and 0.55% for Class A, Class C, Class I, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2014; the obligation does not extend to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. 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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Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	ING FUNDS TRUST
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Dec. 17, 2012
ING Short Term Bond Fund
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	ING Short Term Bond Fund
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
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Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	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 18) or the Statement of Additional Information (page 137).
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesCaption	Shareholder Fees Fees paid directly from your investment
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	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	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination	August 1, 2014
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	Portfolio Turnover % of average value of portfolio
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	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]	rr_ExpensesDeferredChargesTextBlock	A contingent deferred sales charge of 0.50% 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 $500,000 or more.
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Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	Expense Examples $
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	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]	rr_ExpenseExampleClosingTextBlock	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.
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of bonds or derivative instruments having economic characteristics similar to bonds. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior notice of any change in this investment policy. The average dollar-weighted maturity of the Fund will not exceed 3 years. The Fund invests in non-government issued debt securities, issued by companies of all sizes, rated investment-grade, but may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities, (commonly referred to as “junk bonds,”) rated B or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or by Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) or, if not rated by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, if the sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) determines at the time of purchase that they are of comparable quality. Money market securities must be rated in the two highest rating categories by Moody’s (P-1 or P-2), S&P (A-1+, A-1 or A-2) or Fitch (A-1+, A-1 or A-2), or determined, at the time of purchase, to be of comparable quality by the Sub-Adviser. The Fund may also invest in: preferred stocks; U.S. government securities, securities of foreign governments, and supranational organizations; mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt securities; municipal bonds, notes, and commercial paper; and debt securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may engage in dollar roll transactions and swap agreements, including credit default swaps. The Fund may use options and futures contracts involving securities, securities indices and interest rates to hedge against market risk, to enhance returns, and as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset. In addition, private placements of debt securities (which are often restricted securities) are eligible for purchase along with other illiquid securities. 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 believes that relationships between the drivers of fixed-income returns change over time and that recognizing this is key to managing fixed-income assets. Therefore, the Sub-Adviser employs a dynamic investment process that balances top-down macro economic considerations and fundamental bottom-up analysis during the steps of its investment process - sector allocation, security selection, duration and yield curve management. This includes leveraging proprietary qualitative analysis along with quantitative tools throughout the portfolio construction process. 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.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	PRINCIPAL RISKS
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds. 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 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. 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. Credit Default Swaps The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, either as a buyer or a seller of the swap. As a buyer of the swap, the Fund pays a fee to protect against the risk that a security held by the Fund will default. As a seller of the swap, the Fund receives payment(s) in return for its obligation to pay the counterparty an agreed upon value of a security in the event of a default of the security issuer. Credit default swaps are largely unregulated and susceptible to liquidity, credit, and counterparty risks. Currency To the extent that the 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 and reduce its returns. Foreign Investments Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund 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. 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 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. Liquidity If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, and the security could have the effect of decreasing the overall level of the 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 could realize upon disposition. The Fund may make investments that become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perception. The Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the 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. 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 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. Municipal Obligations The municipal market in which the Fund invests is volatile and can be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal 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 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. 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 later than expected, which may decrease the value of the obligation and prevent the 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. U.S. Government Securities and Obligations U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies or government-sponsored enterprises. U.S. government securities are subject to market and interest rate risk, and may be subject to varying degrees of credit risk. 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]	rr_RiskLoseMoney	You could lose money on an investment in the Fund.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]	rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution	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.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	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]	rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess	Because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2011, there is no annual performance information included.
ING Short Term Bond Fund | Class A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
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	0.35%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.25%
Administrative Services Fees	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.10%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.21%	[2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.91%
Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.11%)	[3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.80%
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	330
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	520
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	330
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	520
ING Short Term Bond 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	0.35%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	1.00%
Administrative Services Fees	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.10%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.21%	[2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.66%
Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.11%)	[3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	1.55%
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	258
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	511
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	158
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	511
ING Short Term Bond 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	0.35%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Administrative Services Fees	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.10%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.15%	[2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.60%
Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.10%)	[3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.50%
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	51
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	180
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	51
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	180
ING Short Term Bond 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	0.35%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Administrative Services Fees	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.10%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.21%	[2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.66%
Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets	(0.11%)	[3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements	rr_NetExpensesOverAssets	0.55%
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	56
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	198
1 Yr	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	56
3 Yrs	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	198

[1] A contingent deferred sales charge of 0.50% 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 $500,000 or more.

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

[3] The adviser is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 0.80%, 1.55%, 0.50%, and 0.55% for Class A, Class C, Class I, and Class W shares, respectively, through August 1, 2014; the obligation does not extend to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. 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
	Dec. 17, 2012
Risk/Return:
Document Type	485BPOS
Document Period End Date	Dec. 13, 2012
Registrant Name	ING FUNDS TRUST
Central Index Key	0001066602
Amendment Flag	false
Document Creation Date	Dec. 13, 2012
Document Effective Date	Dec. 17, 2012
Prospectus Date	Dec. 17, 2012