Securities Act File No. 333-122917

ICA No. 811- 21720

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2011

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.      212                     [ X ]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

                                                                                                                                                Amendment No.    213    &nbs p;                  [ X ]

(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

Northern Lights Fund Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

4020 South 147^th Street

Omaha, NE 68137

Attention:  Michael Miola

 (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 312 Walnut Street, Suite 1400 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513-352-6725 (phone) 513-241-4771 (fax) Emile R. Molineaux, General Counsel Gemini Fund Services, LLC 450 Wireless Blvd. Hauppauge, New York 11788 (631) 470-2616

 Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

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 designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This filing relates solely to The Beech Hill Total Return Fund , a series of the Trust.

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. 212 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 14^th day of February, 2011.

                                                                NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST

                                      (Registrant)

/s/ Andrew Rogers

By: Andrew Rogers,

President 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.

Michael Miola*	Trustee & Chairman	February 15, 2011
L. Merill Bryan*	Trustee	February 15, 2011
Gary Lanzen*	Trustee	February 15, 2011
Anthony Hertl*	Trustee	February 15, 2011
Mark Taylor*	Trustee	February 15, 2011
/s/ Andrew Rogers Andrew Rogers	President and Principal Executive Officer	February 15, 2011
Kevin Wolf*	Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer	February 15, 2011

By:                                     Date:

/s/ Emile R. Molineaux     February 15, 2011

Emile R. Molineaux

*Attorney-in-Fact – Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed on March 13, 2009 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 81, and hereby incorporated by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
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