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Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Jul. 07, 2015
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName MUTUAL FUND SERIES TRUST
Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001355064
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol mfst
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Jul. 07, 2015
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Jul. 07, 2015
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Jul. 07, 2015
Catalyst Intelligent Alternative Fund  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading

FUND SUMMARY: CATALYST INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE FUND
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading

Investment Objective:
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund’s objective is capital appreciation with low correlation to the U.S. equity market
Objective, Secondary [Text Block] rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock

with a secondary objective of capital preservation.
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 and hold shares of the Fund. 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 $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and is included in the section of the Fund’s prospectus entitled How to Buy Shares on page 15 and in the sections of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information entitled Reduction of Up-Front Sales Charge on Class A Shares on page 40 and Waiver of Up-Front Sales Charge on Class A Shares on page 41.
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 Oct. 31, 2016
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. The portfolio turnover rate of the Fund for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2015 was 366% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 366.00%
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates Estimated and restated for the current fiscal year.
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesBasedOnEstimates Estimated and restated for the current fiscal year.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees The total annual fund operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.
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 on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies:
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing in other investment companies, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and closed end funds (the “Underlying Funds”). The Fund expects that a majority of the Underlying Funds held by the Fund will be mutual funds advised by Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC (“Catalyst” or the “Advisor”), the investment advisor of the Fund. The Fund may invest in Underlying Funds that have exposure to any asset class, including (but not limited to) equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities (including futures). In addition, the Fund may invest in Underlying Funds without any constraints as to the market capitalization, duration, credit quality, country of domicile (including emerging markets) or type of securities held by the Underlying Funds.

 

The Advisor selects Underlying Funds based on a fundamental research process. The research process includes a top-down analysis of market conditions and investment category historical performance during various market conditions. It also includes a bottom-up analysis of each potential Underlying Fund for investment, including investment allocations; investment valuations and characteristics; positioning; historical performance during various market conditions; and the Fund’s portfolio manager’s outlook. The Advisor seeks to maintain a portfolio of Underlying Funds that has the potential to generate better risk-adjusted returns than the U.S. equity indexes with low correlation to the U.S. equity markets. The Advisor will tactically reallocate among Underlying Funds as often as needed to react to changing market conditions or to take advantage of opportunities.

 

The Advisor may also implement an option overlay strategy to offer potential upside to the Fund and to complement the Fund’s investments in Underlying Funds, depending on how the Fund is tactically allocated in any given market environment. The Fund may buy and sell both call and put options on common stocks; equity indexes; and equity, fixed income and market volatility ETFs.

 

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), which means a relatively high percentage of the Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of companies that could be in the same or related economic sectors.

 

Manager-of-Managers Order: The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has received an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC that permits the Advisor, with the Trust’s Board of Trustees’ approval, to enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with one or more sub-advisers without obtaining shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified if and when a new sub-adviser is employed by the Advisor within 90 days of such change.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund:
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective. The Fund’s net asset value and returns will vary and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund. The following summarizes the principal risks of investing in the Fund. These risks could adversely affect the net asset value, total return and the value of the Fund and your investment.

 

Affiliated Investment Company Risk. The Fund invests in affiliated underlying funds (the “Catalyst Funds”), unaffiliated underlying funds, or a combination of both. The Advisor, therefore, is subject to conflicts of interest in allocating the Fund’s assets among the Underlying funds. The Advisor will receive more revenue to the extent it selects a Catalyst Fund rather than an unaffiliated fund for inclusion in the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the Advisor may have an incentive to allocate the Fund’s assets to those Catalyst Funds for which the net advisory fees payable to the Advisor are higher than the fees payable by other Catalyst Funds

 

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a security will fail to pay principal and interest in a timely manner, reducing the Fund’s total return. The Fund may invest in high-yield, high-risk securities, commonly called “junk bonds”, that are not investment grade and are generally considered speculative because they present a greater risk of loss, including default, than higher quality debt securities. Credit risk may be substantial for the Fund.

 

Commodity Risk. Investing in the commodities markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be influenced by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes or burdensome production rules and restrictions.

 

Currency Risk. Currency trading risks include market risk, credit risk and country risk. Market risk results from adverse changes in exchange rates in the currencies the Fund is long or short. Credit risk results because a currency-trade counterparty may default. Country risk arises because a government may interfere with transactions in its currency.

 

Derivatives Risk. Even a small investment in derivatives (which include options, futures and other transactions) may give rise to leverage risk (which can increase volatility and magnify the Fund’s potential for loss), and can have a significant impact on the Fund’s performance. Derivatives are also subject to credit risk (the counterparty may default) and liquidity risk (the Fund may not be able to sell the security or otherwise exit the contract in a timely manner).

 

Emerging Market Risk. Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer security holder rights. Emerging market economies may be based on only a few industries and security issuers may be more susceptible to economic weakness and more likely to default. Emerging market securities also tend to be less liquid.

 

Equity Security Risk. Common and preferred stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. Investor perceptions are based on various and unpredictable factors, including expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and interest rates; economic expansion or contraction and global or regional political, economic and banking crises.

 

Fixed Income Risk. When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default) and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the amount of interest payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.

 

Foreign Securities Risk. Since the Fund’s investments may include ADRs and foreign securities, the Fund is subject to risks beyond those associated with investing in domestic securities. The value of foreign securities is subject is subject to currency fluctuations. Foreign companies are generally not subject to the same regulatory requirements of U.S. companies thereby resulting in less publicly available information about these companies. In addition, foreign accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards generally differ from those applicable to U.S. companies.

 

Futures Contract Risk. The successful use of futures contracts draws upon the adviser’s skill and experience with respect to such instruments and are subject to special risk considerations. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by the Fund and the price of the forward or futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market for a forward or futures contract and the resulting inability to close a forward or futures contract when desired; (c) losses caused by unanticipated market movements, which are potentially unlimited; (d) the adviser’s inability to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and other economic factors; (e) the possibility that the counterparty will default in the performance of its obligations; and (f) if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so.

 

Hedging Risk. Hedging is a strategy in which the Fund uses an option to offset the risks associated with other Fund holdings. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s hedging strategy will reduce risk or that hedging transactions will be either available or cost effective. The Fund is not required to use hedging and may choose not to do so.

 

Junk Bond Risk. Lower-quality bonds, known as “high yield” or “junk” bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased risk of default. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its bonds. The lack of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the Fund’s share price.

 

Limited History of Operations. The Fund is a new mutual fund and has a limited history of operations for investors to evaluate.

 

Management Risk. The portfolio manager’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular stocks or other securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the portfolio manager’s judgment will produce the desired results.

 

Market Risk. Overall stock market risks may also affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels and political events affect the securities markets.

 

Non-diversification Risk. Because a relatively high percentage of a non-diversified Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of companies that could be in the same or related economic sectors, the Fund’s portfolio may be more susceptible to any single economic, technological or regulatory occurrence than the portfolio of a diversified fund.

 

Options Risk. There are risks associated with the sale and purchase of call and put options. As the seller (writer) of a covered call option, the Fund assumes the risk of a decline in the market price of the underlying security below the purchase price of the underlying security less the premium received, and gives up the opportunity for gain on the underlying security above the exercise option price.

 

Security Risk. The value of the Fund may decrease in response to the activities and financial prospects of an individual security in the Fund’s portfolio.

 

Small and Mid Capitalization Stock Risk. To the extent the Fund invests in the stocks of small and mid sized companies, the Fund may be subject to additional risks, including the risk that earnings and prospects of these companies are more volatile than larger companies.

 

Underlying Funds Risk. Because the Fund may invest in Underlying Funds, the value of your investment will fluctuate in response to the performance of the Underlying Funds. Investing in Underlying Funds involves certain additional expenses and certain tax results that would not arise if you invested directly in the Underlying Funds. By investing in Underlying Funds, you will bear not only your proportionate share of the Fund’s expenses (including operating costs and investment advisory and administrative fees), but also, indirectly, similar expenses and charges of the Underlying Funds, including any contingent deferred sales charges and redemption charges. Finally, you may incur increased tax liabilities by investing in the Fund rather than directly in the Underlying Funds.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney The Fund's net asset value and returns will vary and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund.
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus Because a relatively high percentage of a non-diversified Fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of companies that could be in the same or related economic sectors, the Fund’s portfolio may be more susceptible to any single economic, technological or regulatory occurrence than the portfolio of a diversified fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading

Performance:
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

Because the Fund is a new fund and does not yet have a full calendar of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of this Prospectus. Also, shareholder reports containing financial and performance information will be mailed to shareholders semi-annually. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling 1-866-447-4228 or visiting the Fund’s website at www.CatalystMF.com.
Performance One Year or Less [Text] rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess Because the Fund is a new fund and does not yet have a full calendar of investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 1-866-447-4228
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress www.CatalystMF.com
Catalyst Intelligent Alternative Fund | Class A  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol ATRAX
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 1.00%
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 1.50%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): [1] rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 6.66%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1],[2] rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.99%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 9.40%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement [2] rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (7.42%)
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.98%
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 $50,000 in the Fund.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 50,000
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 764
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 2,510
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 4,106
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 7,520
Catalyst Intelligent Alternative Fund | Class C  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol ATRCX
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 1.50%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): [1] rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 6.66%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1],[2] rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.99%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 10.15%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement [2] rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (7.42%)
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.73%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 276
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 2,247
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 4,019
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 7,712
Catalyst Intelligent Alternative Fund | Class I  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol ATRFX
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 1.50%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): [1] rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 6.66%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1],[2] rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.99%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 9.15%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement [2] rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (7.42%)
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.73%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 176
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,988
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 3,653
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 7,247
[1] Estimated and restated for the current fiscal year.
[2] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The total annual fund operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses (excluding brokerage costs; acquired fund fees and expenses; borrowing costs such as (a) interest and (b) dividends on securities sold short; taxes; rule 12b-1 fees and, extraordinary expenses) at 0.74% through October 31, 2016. This agreement may only be terminated by the Fund's Board of Trustees on 60 days' written notice to the Advisor, by the Advisor with the consent of the Board and upon the termination of the Management Agreement between the Trust and the Advisor. Fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to possible recoupment by the Advisor from the Fund in future years on a rolling three-year basis (within the three years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the expense limits.