As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2017

Registration No. 811-01136

Registration No. 002-19458

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No.	234	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No.	234	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

805 KING FARM BOULEVARD, SUITE 600, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850

(Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code:

(301) 296-5100

Copies To:
Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Chief Executive Officer and President 805 King Farm Boulevard Suite 600 Rockville, MD 20850	Amy J. Lee, Chief Legal Officer 805 King Farm Boulevard Suite 600 Rockville, MD 20850	Julien Bourgeois Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006
(Name and address of Agent for Service)

Approximate date of public offering: September 29, 2017

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

o immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x on September 29, 2017 pursuant to paragraph (b)

o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

o on _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

x this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Post-Effective Amendment No. 208 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement of Guggenheim Funds Trust (the “Registrant”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 on November 29, 2016 for the purpose of registering a new share class of the Registrant, Class T shares for certain series of the Registrant. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 234 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the purpose of designating September 1, 2017 as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective. The effectiveness of the Amendment was previously delayed pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 212, as filed January 27, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 218, as filed February 23, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 219, as filed March 17, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 221, as filed April 3, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 225, as filed May 3, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 227, as filed June 1, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 229, as filed June 16, 2017; pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 230, as filed July 7, 2017; and pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 232, as filed August 3, 2017. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 234 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 234 under Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 234 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rockville, and State of Maryland on the 31st day of August 2017.

	GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST (Registrant)
By:	/s/ DONALD C. CACCIAPAGLIA
	Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Chief Executive Officer and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 31st day of August 2017.

Jerry B. Farley Trustee Donald A. Chubb, Jr. Trustee Maynard F. Oliverius Trustee Randall C. Barnes Trustee Roman Friedrich III Trustee Robert B. Karn III Trustee Ronald A. Nyberg Trustee Ronald E. Toupin, Jr. Trustee		GUGGENHEIM FUNDS TRUST
	By:	/s/ AMY J. LEE
		Amy J. Lee, Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Attorney-In-Fact for the Trustees Whose Names Appear Opposite
	By:	/s/ JOHN L. SULLIVAN
		John L. Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
	By:	/s/ DONALD C. CACCIAPAGLIA
		Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Chief Executive Officer, President and Trustee