Securities Act File No. 333-122917

ICA No. 811- 21720

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission February 13, 2019

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. 1,171	[ X ]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 1,173 [ X ]

(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

Northern Lights Fund Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

17645 Wright Street

Omaha, NE 68130

Attention:  Richard Malinowski

 (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) Richard Malinowski Gemini Fund Services, LLC 80 Arkay Drive, Suite 110 Hauppauge, New York 11788 (631) 470-2600 (phone) (631) 813-2884 (fax)

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As Soon As Practical, After Effectiveness of Registration Statement

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 Navigator Ultra Short Bond 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. 1171 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 13^sth day of February 2019.

NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST

(Registrant)

By: Kevin Wolf*,

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.

John V. Palancia*	Trustee	February 13, 2019
Gary Lanzen*	Trustee	February 13, 2019
Anthony Hertl*	Trustee & Chairman	February 13, 2019
Mark Taylor*	Trustee	February 13, 2019
Mark D. Gersten*	Trustee	February 13, 2019
Mark Garbin*	Trustee	February 13, 2019
Jim Colantino*	Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Financial Officer	February 13, 2019
Kevin Wolf*	President and Principal Executive Officer	February 13, 2019

By:	Date:
/s/ Kevin Wolf	February 13, 2019

Kevin Wolf

*Attorney-in-Fact – Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed on April 1, 2011, January 9, 2012, September 27, 2013 and September 1, 2016 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 234, No. 346, No. 535 and No. 862, respectively which are 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