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Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Dec. 31, 2021
Entity Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName Northern Lights Fund Trust
Entity Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001314414
Entity Inv Company Type dei_EntityInvCompanyType N-1A
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol nlfun
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Apr. 26, 2022
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate May 01, 2022
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate May 01, 2022
Probabilities Fund  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading FUND SUMMARY
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE:
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Probabilities Fund (the “Fund”) seeks capital appreciation.

 
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND:
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in How to Purchase Shares on page 10 of the Fund’s Prospectus.

 
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 that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination April 30, 2023
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover:
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 may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 1,492% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 1492.00%
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights when published, because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example:
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

 
Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has 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 upon these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES:
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund utilizes a ’‘fund of funds’’ structure to invest primarily in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs’’), including inverse ETFs and leveraged ETFs. ETFs that seek to track the performance of broad-based U.S. equity indices, principally the Standard & Poor’s 500 (“S&P 500”) as well as mid-cap, small-cap and total market indexes are referred to as “Index ETFs”. The Fund may also invest in ETFs that employ leverage (“Leveraged Index ETFs”) in an effort to deliver, on a daily basis, up to three times the performance of the S&P 500 or ETFs which seek returns which are the inverse of a U.S. equity index, (“Inverse Index ETFs”). In addition, the Fund may hold cash, money market instruments, or other cash equivalents (collectively, “Cash Instruments”).

 

The Fund’s adviser uses an active trading strategy based on a proprietary, rules-based methodology to determine the Fund’s allocation among Index ETFs, Leveraged Index ETFs, Inverse Index ETFs and Cash Instruments that seeks to take advantage of long-term trends in the market. The Fund typically invests in either ETFs or Cash Instruments depending on the adviser’s assessment of the market. When the adviser believes that conditions are favorable for investment in equities, the Fund will invest in ETFs. During periods that the adviser believes will offer the highest probability of capital appreciation, the Fund will invest primarily in Leveraged ETFs; otherwise, the Fund will invest primarily in Index ETFs. When the adviser believes that market conditions are unfavorable for equities, the Fund will invest in Inverse Index ETFs or Cash Instruments.

 

The Fund’s investment program will emphasize active management of the Fund’s investments, with an emphasis on capturing profits on short-term movements. This strategy will result in the Fund taking frequent trading positions. Consequently, the Fund’s portfolio turnover and brokerage commission expenses may significantly exceed those of most investment funds of comparable size.

 
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS:
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. The Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset value and performance.

 

●ETF Risk. ETFs are subject to investment advisory fees and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the ETFs and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each ETF is subject to specific risks, depending on its investments. Shares of ETFs may trade at a discount or a premium in market price if there is a limited market in such shares and are also subject to brokerage and other trading costs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. The index-tracking ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track because the total return generated by the securities will be reduced by transaction costs incurred in adjusting the actual balance of the securities.

 

○Leveraged ETFs employ leverage, which magnifies the changes in the value of the Leveraged ETFs, which could result in significant losses to the Fund. The Fund invests in Leveraged ETFs in an effort to deliver daily performance at three times the rate of the underlying index and if held over long periods of time, particularly in volatile markets, the ETFs may not achieve their objective and may, in fact, perform contrary to expectations.

 

○Inverse ETFs are designed to rise in price when stock prices are falling. Inverse ETFs tend to limit the Fund’s participation in overall market-wide gains. Accordingly, their performance over longer terms can perform very differently than underlying assets and benchmarks, and volatile markets can amplify this effect.

 

●Management Risk. The adviser’s judgment about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular security or derivative in which the Fund invests or sells short may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results.

 

●Market and Geopolitical Risk. The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events, similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration of those effects. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of the Fund. The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic and the aggressive responses taken by many governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines or similar restrictions, as well as the forced or voluntary closure of, or operational changes to, many retail and other businesses, has had negative impacts, and in many cases severe negative impacts, on markets worldwide. It is not known how long such impacts, or any future impacts of other significant events described above, will or would last, but there could be a prolonged period of global economic slowdown, which may impact your investment. Therefore, the Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during more prolonged market downturns. During a general market downturn, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Changes in market conditions and interest rates can have the same impact on all types of securities and instruments. In times of severe market disruptions you could lose your entire investment.
●Stock Market Risk. Equity prices can fall rapidly in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic, political or market conditions.

 

●Turnover Risk. The Fund’s trading strategy results in a significantly higher turnover rate. A higher portfolio turnover may result in higher transactional and brokerage costs. Such costs have a negative effect on Fund performance, active trading of securities may also increase the Fund’s realized capital gains or losses, which may affect the taxes you pay as a Fund shareholder.

 
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading PERFORMANCE:
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The bar chart and performance table below show the variability of the Fund’s returns, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows performance of the Class I shares of the Fund for each full calendar year since the Fund’s inception. Returns of Class A shares and Class C shares, which are not presented, will vary from returns for Class I shares. The performance table compares the performance of the Class I shares of the Fund over time to the performance of a broad-based securities market index. You should be aware that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost by calling 1-855-224-7204 or visiting www.probabilitiesfund.com.

 

The prior performance shown below includes performance of the Fund’s predecessor limited partnership (Probabilities Fund, LP) through December 16, 2013. The prior performance is net of management fees and other expenses (including any performance fees). The predecessor limited partnership has been managed in the same style and by the same portfolio manager since the predecessor limited partnership’s inception on January 1, 2008. The Fund’s investment goals, policies, guidelines and restrictions are, in all material respects, equivalent to the predecessor limited partnership’s investment goals, policies, guidelines and restrictions. The following information includes the predecessor limited partnership’s annual returns and long-term performance reflecting the actual fees and expenses that were charged when the Fund was a limited partnership. From its inception on January 1, 2008 through December 16, 2013, the predecessor limited partnership was not subject to certain investment restrictions, diversification requirements and other restrictions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which if they had been applicable, might have adversely affected its performance. In addition, the predecessor limited partnership was not subject to sales loads that would have adversely affected performance.

 
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart and performance table below show the variability of the Fund’s returns, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 1-855-224-7204
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress www.probabilitiesfund.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture You should be aware that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Annual Total Return for Calendar Years Ended December 31
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock
Best Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012 14.74%
Worst Quarter: 1st Quarter 2020 (26.79)%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter:
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2012
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 14.74%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter:
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2020
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (26.79%)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Performance Table Average Annual Total Returns (For periods ended December 31, 2021)
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns were calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”).
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock

After-tax returns were calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”).

 

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is an unmanaged index consisting of 500 stocks chosen for their market size, liquidity and industry group representation, and is considered to be representative of the U.S. equity market. Unlike a mutual fund, it also does not reflect any trading costs or management fees.
Probabilities Fund | Standard & Poor's 500 Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 28.71%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 18.47%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 16.55% [1]
Probabilities Fund | Probabilities Fund Class A  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol PROAX
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Sales Charge on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions (as a percentage) rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.35%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.77%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.29% [2]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.66%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.23%) [3]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.43%
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in the Fund.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 25,000
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 807
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,289
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,796
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 3,182
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Return before taxes [4]
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (3.79%) [4]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.04% [4]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.24% [1],[4]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jan. 16, 2014
Probabilities Fund | Probabilities Fund Class C  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol PROCX
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Sales Charge on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions (as a percentage) rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.35%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.78%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.29% [2]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.42%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.24%) [3]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 3.18%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 421
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 980
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,664
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 3,485
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Return before taxes [4]
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 1.44% [4]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.49% [4]
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.24% [1],[4]
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jan. 16, 2014
Probabilities Fund | Probabilities Fund Class I  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol PROTX
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Sales Charge on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions (as a percentage) rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.35%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.77%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.29% [2]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.41%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.23%) [3]
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.18%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 221
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 682
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,169
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 2,513
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 28.07%
Annual Return 2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 18.73%
Annual Return 2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 5.30%
Annual Return 2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 (5.35%)
Annual Return 2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 3.16%
Annual Return 2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 16.03%
Annual Return 2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 (15.21%)
Annual Return 2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 35.10%
Annual Return 2020 rr_AnnualReturn2020 (8.33%)
Annual Return 2021 rr_AnnualReturn2021 2.34%
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Return before taxes
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 2.34%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.51%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 6.91% [1]
Probabilities Fund | Probabilities Fund Class I | Return after taxes on distributions  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 2.34%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.35%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 6.16% [1]
Probabilities Fund | Probabilities Fund Class I | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 1.38%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 2.97%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 5.22% [1]
[1] The inception date for the Probabilities Fund, LP (the predecessor limited partnership) is January 1, 2008.
[2] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the estimated average indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights when published, because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.
[3] The adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fees and to make payments to limit Fund expenses, until April 30, 2023 that the total annual operating expenses exclusive of (i) any front-end or contingent deferred loads; (ii) brokerage fees and commissions; (iii) acquired fund fees and expenses; (iv) fees and expenses associated with investments in other collective investment vehicles or derivative instruments (including for example options and swap fees and expenses); (v) borrowing costs (such as interest and dividend expense on securities sold short); (vi) taxes; and (vii) extraordinary expenses, such as litigation expenses (which may include indemnification of Fund officers and Trustees, contractual indemnification of Fund service providers (other than the adviser) of the Fund do not exceed 2.14%, 2.89% and 1.89%, for Class A, Class C, and Class I shares, respectively. These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years (within the three years from the date when the amount is waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the lesser of the foregoing expense limits or the then-current expense limits. This agreement may be terminated only by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), on 60 days’ written notice to the adviser.
[4] Class A and Class C shares commenced operations on January 16, 2014.